List of Roman Catholic bishops of Lviv
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The Archdiocese of Lviv
, Ukraine
(Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected on August 28, 1412. The principal patron of the Archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy
proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Blessed Jakub Strzemię 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 takes 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 Poland
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Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected on August 28, 1412. The principal patron of the Archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy
History
In 1909 Pope Pius XIPope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Blessed Jakub Strzemię 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 takes 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 Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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List of Roman Catholic bishops of Lviv
- 1375–1380 Maciej
- 1384–1390 Bernard
- 1391–1409 bl. Jakub Strzemię (Jakub Strepa)
- 1410–1412 Mikołaj Trąba
- 1412–1436 Jan Rzeszowski
- 1437–1450 Jan Odrowąż
- 1451–1477 Gregory of SanokGregory of SanokGregory of Sanok left his home at age twelve and went to Kraków, the Polish capital, in which German was the language of the city's urban patriciate. Gregory thus travelled to Germany to learn the language....
- 1480 Jan Długosz
- 1481–1488 Jan Strzelecki (Wątróbka)
- 1488–1503 Andrzej Boryszewski
- 1505–1540 Bernard Wilczek
- 1540–1554 Piotr Starzechowski
- 1555–1560 Feliks Ligęza
- 1561–1565 Paweł Tarło
- 1565–1575 Stanisław Słomowski
- 1576–1582 Jan Sieniński
- 1583–1603 Jan Dymitr SolikowskiJan Dymitr SolikowskiJan Dymitr Solikowski was a Polish writer, diplomat, Archbishop of Lwów.Jan was since 1564 secretary of King Zygmunt II August. He participated in the rebuild of structures of the church in Polish Livonia, after the wars of King Stefan Batory. In 1583 he became Archbishop of Lwów. He was co-author...
- 1604–1614 Jan ZamoyskiJan ZamoyskiJan Zamoyski , was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, magnate, 1st duke/ordynat of Zamość. Royal Secretary since 1566, Lesser Kanclerz ) of the Crown since 1576, Lord Grand-Chancellor of the Crown since 1578, and Grand Hetman of the Crown since 1581...
- 1614–1633 Jan Andrzej Próchnicki
- 1633–1645 Stanisław Grochowski
- 1645–1653 Mikołaj Krosnowski
- 1654–1669 Jan TarnowskiJan TarnowskiJan Amor Tarnowski was a Polish szlachcic . He was Grand Crown Hetman from 1527 and was the founder of the city of Tarnopol, where he built the Ternopil Castle and the Ternopil Lake....
- 1670–1677 Albert Koryciński
- 1681–1698 Konstanty Lipski
- 1700–1709 Konstanty Zieliński
- 1710–1711 Mikołaj Popoławski
- 1713–1733 Jan Skarbek
- 1737–1757 Mikołaj Gerard Wyżycki
- 1757 Mikołaj Dembowski
- 1758–1759 Władysław Aleksander Łubieński
- 1760–1780 Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski
- 1780–1797 Ferdynand Onufry Kicki
- 1797–1812 Kajetan Ignacy Kicki
- 1815–1833 Andrzej Alojzy AnkwiczAndrzej Alojzy AnkwiczAndrzej Alojzy Ankwicz was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1833 to 1838.-Biography:Ankwicz was born in Kraków, Poland in 1777. He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1810. In 1815, he was appointed and ordained archbishop of Lviv in Ukraine...
- 1834–1835 Franciszek Ksawery Luschin
- 1835–1846 Franciszek Pisztek
- 1847–1848 Wacław Wilhelm Wacławiczek
- 1848–1858 Łukasz Baraniecki
- 1860–1884 Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski
- 1885–1900 Seweryn Morawski
- 1900–1923 st. Józef BilczewskiJózef BilczewskiSt. Jozef Bilczewski was a Catholic archbishop of the city of Lviv, Ukraine, a professor of theology at the Lviv University and a rector of that school...
- 1923–1945 Bolesław Twardowski
- 1945–1962 Eugeniusz BaziakEugeniusz BaziakEugeniusz Baziak was Archbishop of Lwów and Apostolic Administrator of Kraków. Baziak was rector of the Clerical Seminarium in Lwów. Since 1933 he was an auxiliary bishop and, since 1944, Archbishop of Lwów...
- 1962–1964 Michał Orliński (Apostolic AdministratorApostolic AdministratorAn apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...
in LubaczówLubaczówLubaczów is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,405 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located 50 kilometers northeast of Przemyśl....
) - 1964–1973 Jan Nowicki (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1973–1983 Marian Rechowicz (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1983–1984 Stanisław Cały (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1984–1991 Marian Jaworski (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1962–1964 Michał Orliński (Apostolic Administrator
- 1991–2008 Marian Jaworski
- 2008–present Mieczysław Mokrzycki
See also
- List of Greek Catholic bishops of Lviv
- List of Armenian Catholic bishops of Lwów