# John Bilock
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{{short description|American Roman Catholic priest}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = John Michael Bilock
| title = [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) of [Pittsburgh](/source/Byzantine_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Pittsburgh)
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| church = [Ruthenian Catholic Church](/source/Ruthenian_Greek_Catholic_Church)
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| diocese = Titular See of ''Pergamum''
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| appointed = March 1, 1973
| term = May 15, 1973 – September 8, 1994
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| ordination = February 3, 1946
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| consecration = May 15, 1973
| consecrated_by = [Stephen Kocisko](/source/Stephen_Kocisko)
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| birth_date = June 20, 1916
| birth_place = [McAdoo, Pennsylvania](/source/McAdoo%2C_Pennsylvania)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|9|8|1916|6|20}}
| death_place = [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania](/source/Pittsburgh%2C_Pennsylvania)
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'''John Michael Bilock''' (June 20, 1916 – September 8, 1994) was a [bishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church)) of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church) in the [United States](/source/United_States). He served as the [Auxiliary Bishop](/source/Auxiliary_Bishop) of [Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh](/source/Byzantine_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Pittsburgh) from 1973 to 1994.
==Early life and education==
Born in [McAdoo, Pennsylvania](/source/McAdoo%2C_Pennsylvania), John Michael Bilock was educated at [St. Procopius College and Seminary](/source/Benedictine_University) in [Lisle, Illinois](/source/Lisle%2C_Illinois).[{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbilock.html|title=Bishop John Michael Bilock|publisher=St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cathedral|accessdate=2014-02-25|last=|first=}}] He was ordained a priest on February 3, 1946.[{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-5.htm |title=Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees |publisher=Giga Catholic |accessdate=2014-02-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204012103/http://www.gcatholic.org/hierarchy/data/bishops-5.htm |archivedate=2013-12-04 }}]
==Priesthood==
Bilock's pastoral assignments as a priest included St. John the Baptist in [Hazleton, Pennsylvania](/source/Hazleton%2C_Pennsylvania), and [St. John Chrysostom](/source/St._John_Chrysostom_Byzantine_Catholic_Church_(Pittsburgh)) in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh). In 1955 he became the personal secretary of Bishop [Nicholas Elko](/source/Nicholas_Elko) as well as the secretary to the Board of Consultors. A year later he became a consultor, and on May 7, 1957, he was named a [Papal Chamberlain](/source/Papal_Chamberlain), with the title of [Monsignor](/source/Monsignor), by [Pope Pius XII](/source/Pope_Pius_XII). In 1963 Bilock was appointed the [rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [St. John the Baptist Cathedral](/source/St._John_the_Baptist_Byzantine_Catholic_Cathedral_(Pittsburgh)) in [Munhall, Pennsylvania](/source/Munhall%2C_Pennsylvania). Six years later he was named [vicar general](/source/vicar_general) of the [archeparchy](/source/archeparchy), and he was made a [Prelate of Honor](/source/Prelate_of_Honor) by [Pope Paul VI](/source/Pope_Paul_VI).
==Episcopacy==
Pope Paul VI named Bilock as the [Titular Bishop](/source/Titular_Bishop) of ''Pergamum'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian) on March 1, 1973. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop [Stephen Kocisko](/source/Stephen_Kocisko) on May 15, 1973, at Holy Spirit Church in Pittsburgh. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops [Michael Dudick](/source/Michael_Joseph_Dudick) of [Passaic](/source/Byzantine_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Passaic) and [Emil Mihalik](/source/Emil_John_Mihalik) of [Parma](/source/Byzantine_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Parma).[{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbilock.html|title=Bishop John Michael Bilock|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy|accessdate=2014-02-25|last=|first=}}] Throughout his ministry as priest and bishop, Bilock celebrated the [Divine Liturgy](/source/Divine_Liturgy) weekly over radio station [WEDO](/source/WEDO).[{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19940910&id=ZMhaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5447,4452706|title=Bishop John Bilock Byzantine Catholic archdiocesan leader|publisher=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)|accessdate=2014-02-25|last=|first=}}] After the death of Archbishop [Thomas Dolinay](/source/Thomas_Dolinay) he was elected by the Board of Consultors as the [Apostolic Administrator](/source/Apostolic_Administrator) of the archeparchy in 1993. Bilock died of a heart attack on September 8, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh at the age of 78.[ His funeral was celebrated at St. John the Baptist Cathedral and he was buried at the Mount St. Macrina Motherhouse in [Uniontown, Pennsylvania](/source/Uniontown%2C_Pennsylvania)
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