Ivan Kuziv

Ivan Kuziv was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and ethnographer.

Biography

Kuziv studied at Lviv Gymnasium No. 4. He graduated from the Greek Catholic Theological Seminary. In 1884 he was ordained a priest. Served in the parish of the village of Dydiowa, Bieszczady Powiat. He was the dean of the Zatwarnica deanery.
Father Kuziv's house was visited by Ivan Franko, Demian Hladylovych, Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Fedir Vovk, and Osyp Makovei. He corresponded with Ivan Franko.

Family

Fr. Ivan Kuziv's wife died a few weeks after the marriage. He lived with his mother-in-law and her three daughters.

Works

Author of the article "Life, existence, customs and manners of the mountain people".