Athanasius Szeptycki (born as Antoni Alexandrowycz Szeptycki; uk, link=no, Атанасій Шептицький; 1686 – 12 December 1746,
Lviv
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) was the "
Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia"
On 13 September 1715 Szeptycki was ordained by Primate of the Uniate church
Leo Kiszka as a bishop of Lemberg.
Soon after the death of Metropolitan Leo, On 17 August 1729 he was confirmed as the Metropolitan bishop of Kiev, Galicia, and all Ruthenia.
He consecrated following bishops Kornyliy Lebiecki, Juriy Bulhak, Felician Wolodkowicz,
Stefan Olshavskyi,
Havryil Blazhovskyi
Havryil Heorhiy Blazhovskyi, Order of Saint Basil the Great, O.S.B.M. (born as Juraj Mankovič; uk, Гавриїл Георгій Блажовський, hu, Gábor György Blazsovszky, sk, Gabriel Juraj Blažovsky, c. 1705 – 20 December ...
, Onuphrius Szumlanski, Hieronim Ustrycki, Theodosius Godebski, Jacob Augustynowicz.
Notelist
References
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Athanasius Szeptycki' at the ''catholic-hierarchy.org''
1686 births
1746 deaths
People from Lviv Oblast
People from Ruthenian Voivodeship
Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Holy See)
Athanasius
Athanasius I of Alexandria, ; cop, ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲡⲓⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ or Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲩ ⲁ̅; (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, ...
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