Dionysius Zbyruyskyy (worldwide ''Dmitry Hrytskovych''; uk, Діонісій Збируйський) (died 18 November 1603) was a Bishop of the

Ruthenian Uniate Church The Ruthenian Uniate Church ( Belarusian: Руская Уніяцкая Царква; Ukrainian: Руська Унійна Церква; la, Ecclesia Ruthena unita; pl, Ruski Kościół Unicki) was a particular church of the Catholic Church i ...

. From 1585, he was Orthodox Bishop of Kholm, and from 1595, of the Uniate Catholic bishop of

Byzantine Rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

Biography

Dionysius Zbyruyskyy, the world's Dmitry Hrytskovych was a customs clerk in

Krasnystaw Krasnystaw ( uk, Красностав, Krasnostav) is a town in southeastern Poland with 18 630 inhabitants (31 december 2019). Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Chełm Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital o ...

. He was married to Anna Ilyashevych, daughter of Chełm Bishop Zacharias Ilyashevych. He had a son, Michael. The first written mention of the nomination of Dionysius in Chełm is dated on 25 October 1585 and again in 24 November 1585. As bishop of Kholmsk, Dionysius took part in preparatory synods about the union with the Roman Church. On 22 June 1595, Dionysius put his signature to the joint document Ruthenian hierarchs, which they turned to Pope Clement VIII, expressing a desire to conclude a union. From 1595 up to his death in 1603, he was the first Ukrainian Catholic bishop of the Kholm Eparchy.

References

* Acts, yzdavaemыe Vylenskoyu Arheohrafycheskoyu kommyssieyu, 1892. S. CLIV-CLV. * Blazejowskyj D. Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church (861-1996). - Lviv: bricklayer, 1996. - S. 300. Year of birth missing 1603 deaths People from Krasnystaw Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Bishops of the Uniate Church of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Ukrainian Eastern Catholics {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub