The

Latin Church The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical ...

Archdiocese of Lviv was erected on August 28, 1412 in the city of Lwów (today

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

). It serves as a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The principal patron of the Archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy.

History

In 1909

Pope Pius X Pope Pius X (; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing Modernism in the Catholic Church, modern ...

proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Blessed

Jakub Strzemię Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into tha ...

to be the patrons of the Lviv archdiocese. In 1910 the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland became the principal patron. Nowadays the principal patron is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy (NMP Łaskawa). The patron's day is celebrated on 1 April, the day when King of Poland Jan II Kazimierz Waza took an oath at the Lwów Cathedral in 1655, during " The Deluge," took vows of loyalty to God and declared the Mother of God to be the Queen of

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List of Latin Catholic bishops of Lviv

Bishops of Lwów (Lviv)

* 1375–1380 Maciej * 1384–1390 Bernard * 1391–1409 bl.

(Jakub Strepa) * 1410–1412

Mikołaj Trąba Mikołaj Trąba (; 1358 – 2 December 1422), of Trąby coat of arms, was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Royal Notary from 1390, Deputy Chancellor of the Crown 1403–12, bishop of Halicz 1410–12, archbishop of Gniezno from 1412, and first p ...

Metropolitan Archbishops of Halicz (Halych)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lwow (Lviv)

''In 1414 a metropolitan see was moved from

Halych Halych (, ; ; ; ; , ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; ) is a historic List of cities in Ukraine, city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Eastern Europe), ...

. Diocese of Halicz was merged with diocese of Lwow.''

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv (and Ukraine ''de facto'')

''An attempt to liquidate the Catholic Church in Ukraine was made with the start of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in 1939 and partition of Poland between

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and

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. After

and until fall of the

, the Archdiocese of Lwów was centered in

Lubaczów Lubaczów ( ''Liubachiv'') is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,567 inhabitants Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located northeast of Przemyśl. Othe ...

.'' * 1944–1962 Eugeniusz Baziak **1962–1964

Michał Orliński Michał () is a Polish language, Polish and Sorbian languages, Sorbian form of Michael (name), Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzym ...

(

Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

) **1964–1973 Jan Nowicki (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1973–1983 Marian Rechowicz (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1983–1984

Stanisław Cały Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, Kherson Oblast, a coastal village in Ukraine * Stanislaus County, ...

(Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1984–1991

Marian Jaworski Marian Franciszek Jaworski (, 21 August 1926 – 5 September 2020) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in the Roman Catholic Church. He was a close friend of Pope John Paul II. Biography Early years Born the son o ...

(Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) * 1991–2008

* 2008–present

Mieczysław Mokrzycki Mieczysław Mokrzycki (born 29 March 1961 in Majdan Lipowiecki) is a Polish-born Catholic prelate, currently serving as the archbishop of Lviv of the Latins in Ukraine. Early life and ordination Mokrzycki completed primary school in Łukawiec ...

Auxiliary bishops

References

External links

The Latin Archbishop of Lviv
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