Hennadiy Yuriy Bizantsiy,

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( hu, Bizánczy György, or ''George Gennadius Bizanczy'', 1657, Nagyrákóc,

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– 1733, Csákigorbó,

) was the bishop of the Eparchy of Munkács from 1716 to his death in 1733.

Life

Yuriy Bizantsiy was born in 1657. He completed his studies in the Jesuit college of Nagyszombath and ordained as a priest in 1701. He was assigned as parish priest in

Nagykálló Nagykálló ( yi, קאלעוו, Kaliv) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs county. Location from county seat Nyíregyháza. Histo ...

, near the village of

Máriapócs Máriapócs is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It lies near Nyíregyháza. It is an important place for pilgrimage. It has a Byzantine Catholic church, which houses the W ...

where an

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of the

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wept in 1696 and again in August 1715. The succession of the eparch of

Munkács Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

Joseph De Camillis, died in 1706, was problematic. Three pretenders were appointed: Yosyp Hodermarskyi appointed by the Habsburgs king Joseph I of Hungary, Petronius Kaminsky appointed by anti-Habsburgs

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, and

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Polycarp Fylypovych appointed in 1709 by

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. The solution arrived only in 1715: Kaminsky died, Hodermarskyi retired in a monastery and on 4 May 1715 the clergy elected Hennadit Bizantsiy, as suggested by the Latin bishop of Eger. His election was confirmed by the King of Hungary and later, on 3 April 1716 also by Pope Clement XI, who retracted the appointment of Fylypovych. At the time, the eparch (bishop) of

Mukacheve Mukachevo ( uk, Мукачево, ; hu, Munkács; see name section) is a city in the valley of the Latorica river in Zakarpattia Oblast (province), in Western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion (district), the city ...

was granted formally only the title of

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in order to not to have two bishops, one Latin and one

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Catholic, on the same territory. However Bizantsiy had to pay the support of the Latin bishop of Eger in his election: the eparchy of Mukacheve became subject to Eger bishop, who soon hampered his action. Only in 1771 the eparchy was made independent from the Eger bishop. Hennadiy Bizantsiy received the

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of ''Sebastopolis in Armenia'' and was consecrated

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on 21 December 1716 by the Metropolitans of Kiev, Lev Kiszka. In 1729 he joined the Basilian Order of which he became

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. In 1731 he stated the erection of the sanctuary of

. He worked with success in strengthening the communion with the

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, and he succeeded to have always remembered by all the priests the name of the Pope into the Divine Liturgies. Gennadius Bizanczy died on 22 July 1733 in a monastery in Csernek, near

Gârbou Gârbou ( hu, Csákigorbó) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bezded (''Bezdédtelek''), Călacea (''Kiskalocsa''), Cernuc (''Csernek''), Fabrica (''Cukorgyártelep''), Gârbou, Poptele ...

( hu, Csáki-Gorbó).

Notes

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bizantsiy, Hennadiy 1657 births 1733 deaths 17th-century Hungarian people 18th-century Hungarian people Bishops of the Ruthenian Uniate Church 18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Order of Saint Basil the Great People from Zakarpattia Oblast