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With the start of [[World War II]], most of [[Galicia]] was annexed by the [[Soviet Union]].

With the start of [[World War II]], most of [[Galicia]] was annexed by the [[Soviet Union]].

<ref>{{cite web|title=The Church That Stalin Couldn’t Kill: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Thrives Seventy Years after Forced Reunification|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-church-that-stalin-couldn-t-kill-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-thrives-seventy-years-after-forced-reunification/|date=8 March 2016|publisher=Atlantic Council}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|title=The Church That Stalin Couldn’t Kill: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Thrives Seventy Years after Forced Reunification|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-church-that-stalin-couldn-t-kill-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-thrives-seventy-years-after-forced-reunification/|date=8 March 2016|publisher=Atlantic Council}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|title=Silenced Church. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Between the Soviet Authorities and the Vatican (1944–1978)|url=https://www.dhi.waw.pl/veranstaltungen/tagungen/detail/silenced-church-the-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-between-the-soviet-authorities-and-the-vatican-1944-1978/|date=15 February 2024|publisher=Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau}}</ref>

<ref>{{cite web|title=Silenced Church. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Between the Soviet Authorities and the Vatican (1944–1978)|url=https://www.dhi.waw.pl/veranstaltungen/tagungen/detail/silenced-church-the-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-between-the-soviet-authorities-and-the-vatican-1944-1978/|date=15 February 2024|publisher=Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau}}</ref> The new communist administration acted decisively to eradicate the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: in April [[1945]], all its bishops were arrested and sentenced to forced labor. Regime officials detained seven Greco-Catholic bishops in Romania overnight on October 28, 1948, accusing them of "high treason" after they refused to convert to "Orthodoxy".<ref name=PopeFrancis/> The Metropolitan [[Josyf Slipyi]], head of the Church, was sent to prison in [[Siberia]]. He was not released until 1963, after which he was exiled to Rome. In the same year, he was given the title of ''Major Archbishop of the Ukrainians in Lviv'', and in 1965 he was made a cardinal. He died in 1984.

The new communist administration acted decisively to eradicate the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: in April [[1945]], all its bishops were arrested and sentenced to forced labor. Regime officials detained seven Greco-Catholic bishops in Romania overnight on October 28, 1948, accusing them of "high treason" after they refused to convert to "Orthodoxy".<ref name=PopeFrancis/> The Metropolitan [[Josyf Slipyi]], head of the Church, was sent to prison in [[Siberia]]. He was not released until 1963, after which he was exiled to Rome. In the same year, he was given the title of ''Major Archbishop of the Ukrainians in Lviv'', and in 1965 he was made a cardinal. He died in 1984.

In 1989, towards the end of communism, Ukrainian Greek Catholics were granted the right to register with the Government of Ukraine. With the support of local authorities, Ukrainian Catholics gradually reclaimed their old parishes. This marked the beginning of a strong resurgence of Catholicism in the region.

In 1989, towards the end of communism, Ukrainian Greek Catholics were granted the right to register with the Government of Ukraine. With the support of local authorities, Ukrainian Catholics gradually reclaimed their old parishes. This marked the beginning of a strong resurgence of Catholicism in the region.