Hierarchy Of The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

This is a list of leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (formerly known as the Ruthenian Uniate Church or the Uniate Church) which is a ''sui juris'' (particular church) of the Catholic Church that is in full communion with the Holy See. As an Eastern Catholic church, it uses the Byzantine rite in the Church slavonic and Ukrainian languages in its liturgies. Leaders have held several titles over the centuries. The modern primate of the church holds the position of a major archeparch (also styled as "major archbishop").

Due to historical circumstances (i.e. Russian occupation), the first hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held titles that did not mention the original metropolitan city of Kyiv. It is common for people to refer to the major archbishop as a "Primate". However, only Mykhailo Levitsky officially held that title which was granted by the Austrian Emperor as the Primate of Halychyna and Lodomeria, but not approved by the Pope.

Metropolitans in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

This is a list of metropolitans in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Before the Union of Brest

Metropolitans of Kiev, Halysh and all Rus':
* Isidore (1436–1458)
* Gregory the Bulgarian (1458–1473)
* Misail Pstruch (1476–1480)

After the Union of Brest

Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus':
* Mykhailo (1596–1599)
* Ipatii (1600–1613)
* Josyf (1613–1637)
* Rafajil (1637–1640)
* Antin (1641–1655)
* Havryil (1666–1674)
* Kyprian (1674–1693)
* Lev (1694–1708)
* Yurij (1708–1713)
* Lev II (1714–1729)
* Athanasius (1729–1746)
* Florian (1748–1762)
* Felicjan (1762–1778)
* Leo III (1778–1779)
* Jason (1780–1786)
* Theodosius (1787–1805)

Partitions of Poland

Upon the partitions of Poland, the church consisted of three territories.

Territory within the

Russian Empire

* Archeparchy of Polotsk, Metropolitan of all Byzantine Catholics in Russia
:* Heraklius Lisovskyj (1783 - death 30 August 1809)
:* Jan Krasovskyj (22 September 1809 - 1826)
:* Jakub Martusevych (1826 - death 26 January 1833)
:* Josaphat Bulhak (14 April 1833 - death 9 March 1838);
* Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest
:* Symeon Młocki, O.S.B.M. (1779.09.19 – 1795)
:* Josafat Bułhak, O.S.B.M. (1798.10.12 – 1818.09.22),
* Eparchy of Lutsk–Ostroh
:* Michał Mateusz Konstanty Stadnicki (1787.01.05 – 1795)
:* Stefan Lewiński (1797.06.26 – death 1806.01.23)
:* Hryhorij Koxanovyc (Grzegorz Kochanowicz) (1807 – 1814)
:* Jakub Martusiewicz (1817 – 1826),

* Archeparchy of Smolensk
:* Josyf Lepkovskyj (1771.03.14 – death 1778)

* Eparchy of Lithuania
In 1807 the Russian Empire appointed its own primates for the Ruthenian Uniate Church without the permission of the Pope.
* Irakliy (1808–1809)
* Hryhoriy (1809–1814)
* Josafat (1818–1838)
Following the Synod of Polatsk (1838), the Ruthenian Uniate Church was forcibly abolished on the territory of the Russian Empire. Its property and clergy were transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Territory within the

Kingdom of Prussia

* Eparchy of Supraśl
It had only three incumbents :
* Theodosius Wislocki, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.) (1797 – death 1801.05.18)
* Nicholas Duchnowski (1803.05.16 – death 1805.06.25)
* Bishop-elect Father Leo Jaworowski (1807 – 1809 not possessed lacking confirmation by Rome), next Auxiliary bishop of Eparch Jozafat Bułhak in Brest and titular bishop of Volodymyr.

Territory within the

Austrian Empire

Those eparchies that ended up within the Habsburg monarchy were reorganized. The Eparchy of Lviv was elevated to an archeparchy and its bishop became a metropolitan bishop governing the rest of the eparchies of the former Ruthenian Uniate Church. The new metropolis received the name of Galicia (Halych), an echo of the 14th century Metropolis of Halych. Only these primates were recognised by the Holy See; those created by the Russian state were not recognised.
* Archeparchy of Lviv, Metropolitan of Galicia
:* Antin II (1808–1814)
:* Mykhailo II (1816–1858), also served as a Primate of Halychyna and Lodomeria
:* Hryhoriy II (1859–1866)
:* Spyrydon (1866–1869)
:* Josyf II (1870–1882)
:* Sylvester (1882–1898)
:* Julian (1899–1900)
:* Andrei (1900–1944)
:* ''leading bishop'' Josyf Slipyj (1944–1945)
In 1945 Josyf Slipyj as leading bishop of the Greek Catholic Church was arrested by the Soviet authorities. Following the Lviv Council (1946), the Greek Catholic Church was forcibly abolished on the territory of the Soviet Union, and its property and clergy transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.

* Eparchy of Chełm
* Eparchy of Przemyśl and Sambir

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Major Archbishop of Lviv

* Josyf III (Josyf Slipyj) (1963–1984, in exile)
In 1963 the Archbishop of Lviv was elevated to the rank of Major archbishop. With fall of the Soviet Union, in 1989 the Metropolitan of Halych was revived.

Major Archbishop of Lviv and Metropolitan of Galicia

* Myroslav (1984–2000)
* Lubomyr (2000–2005)

Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia

In 2005, the Exarchate of Kyiv and Galicia was transformed into a diocese and converted into an archdiocese. The new archdiocese was also turned into the Major Archbishop's see and reinstating the Kyiv see since the 1838 Synod of Polotsk.
* Lubomyr (2005–2011)
* Sviatoslav (2011–incumbent)

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