Oleksiy Povchiy ( uk, Олексій Повчій, hu, Pócsi Elek; 17 March 1754 – 11 July 1831) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the

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from 1817 to 1831. Born in

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(present day –

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) in 1754, he was

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a Priesthood (Catholic Church), priest on 1789. He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 28 July 1817. He was Consecration, consecrated to the Episcopal polity, Episcopate on 6 November 1817. The principal consecrator was Bishop Samuil Vulcan. He died in Uzhhorod on 11 July 1831.

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1754 births 1831 deaths 19th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Bishops of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church {{RC-bishop-stub