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The Eparchy of Chełm–Bełz (also known as Chełm–Bełz of the Ukrainians, '' la, Dioecesis Chelmensis et Belthiensis Ruthenorum'') was an eparchy of the Ruthenian Uniate Church from 1596 until 1875. It was a
It was established in 1596 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on territory that had not previously been served by the church. It was suppressed by the Russian Empire on 18 March 1875. In Ukraine, a modern successor to the eparchy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church may be considered to be the Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chelm-Belz, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Chełm Chełm–Belz Chełm–Belz Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Ruthenian Uniate Church) Former dioceses in Europe 1596 establishments Religious organizations established in the 1590s 1590s establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Religious organizations disestablished in 1875 19th-century disestablishments in Poland 1870s disestablishments in the Russian Empire
suffragan
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of the Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia. It was situated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Today, the territory of the eparchy is located in the south-eastern corner of the modern state of Poland and in north-western corner of Ukraine around the province ( oblast) of Lviv. The episcopal see
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of the eparchy was situated in the city of Chełm; today, the cathedral is used by the Latin Church as the Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name t ...
. The eparchy was forcibly suppressed in favor of the Russian Orthodox Church by the Russian Empire in May 1875 in the Conversion of Chełm Eparchy
The Conversion of Chełm Eparchy, which occurred between January and May 1875, refers to the generally forced conversion of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm–Belz, the last non-Armenian eparchy of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the Russi ...
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History
It was established in 1596 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on territory that had not previously been served by the church. It was suppressed by the Russian Empire on 18 March 1875. In Ukraine, a modern successor to the eparchy in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church may be considered to be the Eparchy of Sokal–Zhovkva.
Episcopal ordinaries
;''Suffraganeparch
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s of Chełm–Bełz
* Dionysius (Zbyruyskyy) Dionysius Zbyruyskyy (worldwide ''Dmitry Hrytskovych''; uk, Діонісій Збируйський) (died 18 November 1603) was a Bishop of the Ruthenian Uniate Church. From 1585, he was Orthodox Bishop of Kholm, and from 1595, of the Uniate Cath ...
(1596 – 1603)
* Arseniusz Joann (1604 – 1619)
* Atanazy Pakosta (1619 – death 1625?)
* Teodor Mieleszko (1625 – 1626)
* Metody Terlecki, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.) (1630 – death 7 June 1649)
* Atanazy Zachariasz Furs (1649 – death 1649)
* Jakub Jan Susza, O.S.B.M. (1652 – death 4 September 1687)
* Augustyn Aleksander Łodziata (1687 – death 1691?)
* Jan Małachowski (1691 – death 1693)
* Gedeon Woyna-Orański (1693 – 1709)
* Josyf Levyckyj (1711 – death 15 June 1730)
* Felicjan Filip Wołodkowicz (Feliks Filipp Volodkovič), O.S.B.M. (1731 – 12 January 1756)
* Maksymilian Rylo
Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M. ( pl, Maksymilian Ryłło, uk, Максиміліян Рило; 21 September 1719 – 22 November 1793) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was an Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm– ...
, O.S.B.M. (1758–1784)
* Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. (2 July 1784 – 4 April 1790)
* Porfiriusz Skarbek-Ważyński (1790 – death 9 March 1804)
* Ferdynand Dąbrowa-Ciechanowski, O.S.B.M. (18 July 1810 – death 7 April 1828)
* Filip Felicjan Szumborski, O.S.B.M. (29 January 1830 – death 19 January 1851)
* Jan Teraszkiewicz (January 1851 – death 1 March 1863)
* Jan Mikołaj Kaliński (16 March 1863 – death 19 October 1866)
* Michał Kuzemśki (22 June 1868 – retired 1871), died 1879
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chelm-Belz, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Chełm Chełm–Belz Chełm–Belz Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Ruthenian Uniate Church) Former dioceses in Europe 1596 establishments Religious organizations established in the 1590s 1590s establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Religious organizations disestablished in 1875 19th-century disestablishments in Poland 1870s disestablishments in the Russian Empire