Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1915		Born
5 Dec 1932	17.0	Entered	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
20 Jul 1934	18.7	Professed	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
8 Aug 1937	21.7	Solemn Vows	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
24 Nov 1940	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
22 Dec 1980	65.1	Appointed	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
1 Mar 1981	65.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
2 Apr 1981	65.4	Installed	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
2 Jul 1993	77.6	Retired	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
4 Jul 2013	97.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

MicroData Summary
Innocent Hilarion Lotocky
Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky O.S.B.M.
(born 3 Nov 1915, died 4 Jul 2013)
Bishop Emeritus of Saint Nicholas of Chicago

Event Place
Birth Place Stari Petlykivtsi, Eparchy of Stanislaviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
Ordained Bishop S. Sofia, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Chicago, Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois
Buried Place (Original) St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic, Cemetery, Chicago, Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois

a priest for 72.6 years
a bishop for 32.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bl. Pavel Peter Gojdič, O.S.B.M. †
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Principal Consecrator:
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj †
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Basil Harry Losten †
Bishop of Stamford (Ukrainian)
Bishop Nilus Nicholas Savaryn, O.S.B.M. †
Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Josyf Cardinal Slipyj † (1939)
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (1899)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi † (1890)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1879)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Vladimir Ladislas Tarasevitch, O.S.B. † (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Mikhail Moskal † (1981)
Bishop Michael Kuchmiak, C.Ss.R. † (1988)
Bishop Wolodymyr Walter Paska † (1992)
Bishop Michael Wiwchar, C.Ss.R. (1993)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q472261

Source(s):

d: CB, 4 Jul 2013
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
c1/prof: CB, 12 Jan 2015
prof: CB, 25 Feb 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 66, Number 5,192
ente/prof: CB, 20 Aug 2024
bp/i/loc: CB, 17 Mar 2026

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