Ivan Deubner

Ivan Deubner (1873-1936) was a Russian Orthodox of German ethnicity converted to the Russian Catholic Church of Byzantine rite. In 1903 Deubner was ordained a Russian Catholic priest and celebrated Mass underground until 1917 in Saint Petersburg when the Russian Catholic Church was legalized. The first synod of this church took place and Deubner took part with seven other priests of Byzantine roots under the leadership of Ukrainian Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky. After legalization, he had a real participation inside of his church until his arrest by the Soviet government in 1923. Father Deubner was killed by a criminal in exile on November 12, 1936.

External links

* [http://vselenstvo.narod.ru/library/histdest.htm The Historical Destiny Of The Russian Catholic Tradition Of The Byzantine Rite 1917 – 1991]
* [http://rumkatkilise.org/necplus.htm "Nec Plus, Nec Minus, Nec Aliter": A Brief History of the Russian Byzantine Catholic Church and the Russian Catholics]