Basil Kovpak
Reverend Father Basil Kovpak | |
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| Native name | Василь Ковпак |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 December 1989 by Sofron Dmyterko |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1967 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
Basil Kovpak (Ukrainian: Василь Ковпак, Vasyl' Kovpak) is a Ukrainian Traditionalist Catholic priest and the founder and current head of the Priestly Society of Saint Josaphat. Formerly a priest of the Archeparchy of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Kovpak was excommunicated by the UGCC in 2007.