Athanasius (born Antony Shumlianski; died 1694) was Brother of

Iosyf Shumliansky Yosyf Shumlyansky (, pl, Józef Szumlański; 1643–1708) was an Eastern Catholic (previously Orthodox) bishop of the Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi (at the time in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), best known for restoring u ...

and a former

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bishop of Lutsk The Roman Catholic diocese of Lutsk was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was joined with the diocese of Zhytomyr, forming the diocese of Lutzk-Zh ...

from 1686 to 1688. In 1688 he converted to the

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religion, and the union in the

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declared his successor Dionysius (1702).

References

*''Encyclopedia of Ukrainian studies''. In 10's t / Gl. yet. Kubiyovych Vladimir. – Paris, New York: Young Life, 1954–1989. Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Former Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Ukrainian Eastern Catholics Eastern Orthodox bishops of Lutsk 17th-century births 17th-century deaths {{Ukraine-reli-bio-stub