Havryil Heorhiy Blazhovskyi,

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(born as Juraj Mankovič; uk, Гавриїл Георгій Блажовський, hu, Gábor György Blazsovszky, sk, Gabriel Juraj Blažovsky, c. 1705 – 20 December 1742) was the bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic for the Ruthenians in Mukacheve from 1738 to his death in 1742.

Life

Heorhiy Blazhovskyi was born on about 1705 in the village of Blažov, from which he took his surname (which originally was ''Mankovič''). He studied philosophy in

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

and than in the

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college of

Trnava Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' (Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' (Trna ...

. At the end of his studies, he was ordained

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in 1729 by Bishop Hennadiy Bizantsiy and assigned to the Vicariate Apostolic of Mukacheve. At the death of his predecessor, he was appointed, on 14 January 1738 as general vicar by the Latin bishop of Eger. He received the titular see of Agnus on 12 September 1738 and was consecrated

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on 27 December 1738 by the

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Atanasiy Sheptytskyi Athanasius Szeptycki (born as Antoni Alexandrowycz Szeptycki; uk, link=no, Атанасій Шептицький; 1686 – 12 December 1746, Lviv) was the " Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia" On 13 September 1715 Szeptycki was ordai ...

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. A few time before consecration, Heorhiy Blazhovskyi entered in the

Order of Saint Basil the Great The Order of Saint Basil the Great ( uk, Чин Святого Василія Великого, translit=Chyn Sviatoho Vasyliia Velykoho; la, Ordo Sancti Basilii Magni, abbreviated OSBM), also known as the Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat, is ...

and took the religious name of Havryil. Bishop Havryil Blazhovskyi died in

Mukachevo 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 ...

on 20 December 1742.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blazhovskyi, Havryil 1705 births 1742 deaths Bishops of the Ruthenian Uniate Church Order of Saint Basil the Great 18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Year of birth uncertain