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Petro Oros

Petro Pavlo Oros was a Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo hierarch after the Church was suppressed by the communist regime. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1944 to 1953, when he was murdered by an anti-faith police officer.

Early life
Born in Biri, Austria-Hungary Empire (present day – Hungary) in 1917 in the family of a Greek-Catholic priest. His father died when Petro was 2 years old and his mother died when he was age 9. He studied for the Holy Priesthood in the Theological Seminary of Uzhhorod from 1937 to 1942 and was ordained a priest on 26 June 1942 for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo. Oros served a number of villages in the Eparchy of Mukachevo as the parish vice-priest. == Beatification ==
Beatification
The martyrdom of Oros was recognized by Pope Francis on 5 August 2022. He was to be beatified on the third of May 2025, but with the death of Pope Francis the beatification was put on hold. His beatification was on 27 September at Bilky, Ukraine, by the papal representative, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, and it was also recalled by Pope Leo XIV on the same day at St. Peter's Square. His feast day was set on 27 August, the day, when Oros was martyred. == References ==
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