Petro Verhun was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest born in 1890 in Horodok. After earning a doctorate in philosophy, he was ordained by Metropolitan Andrei Sheptyski in Lviv in 1927. He served the Ukrainian Catholic community in Berlin, acting as a pastor and later as a visitor for the faithful throughout Germany. His dedicated leadership was noted by those he served, who viewed him as a shepherd willing to sacrifice himself for his congregation.