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Birth | 20 July 1864 | |
Death | 26 April 1931Uzhhorod (aged 66 years) |
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Petro Gebey (Ukrainian: Петро Ґебей; 20 July 1864 – 26 April 1931) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1924 to 1931.
Born in Kalnyk, Austrian Empire (present day – Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine) in 1864, he was ordained a priest on 13 October 1889. He was appointed the Bishop by the Holy See on 16 July 1924. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 3 August 1924. The principal consecrator was Bishop Dionizije Njaradi, and the principal co-consecrators were Blessed Bishop Josaphat Kotsylovsky and Bishop Karol Józef Fischer.
He died in Uzhhorod on 26 April 1931.