Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine (Ukrainian Rite)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.11.21 – ...):	Archbishop Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (72)
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.01.14 – ...):	Bishop Volodymyr Hrutsa, C.SS.R. (48) Titular Bishop of Bahanna

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (72)
(2011.11.21 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine)

Господи, милосердя прошу

Born:	1952.08.03 (Lypytsi, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1980.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.02.17

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ([2001.07.05] 2002.01.11 – 2004.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia (2002.01.11 – 2005.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2004.12.06 – 2005.11.10)

Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ([2005.11.10] 2005.12.29 – 2011.11.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2011.02.10 – 2011.03.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2011.11.21 – ...)

Archbishops of Lviv (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (72)
(2005.12.29 – 2011.11.21)

(see above)

Major Archbishops of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite)

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U.
(2001.01.26 – 2004.12.06)

Наша надія b господі / Our hope in the Lord

Born:	1933.02.26 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.02
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2017.05.31 (Kyiv, Ukraine † 84)

Titular Bishop of Nisa in Lycia ([1977] 1996.02.22 – 2001.01.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1996.10.14 – 2001.01.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2000.12.16 – 2001.01.25)

Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) ([2001.01.25] 2001.01.26 – 2004.12.06)

President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (2001.01.26 – 2011.02.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (2001.02.21 [2001.11.17] – 2017.05.31)

Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (2004.12.06 – 2011.02.10)

Bishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2000.12.16 – 2001.01.25)

Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky
(1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14)

Born:	1914.06.24 (Dolyna, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1938.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.11.12
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2000.12.14 (Lviv, Ukraine † 86)

Priest of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1938.07.21 – 1979.09.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (USA) (1979.09.13 – 1980.03.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1980.03.27 – 1984.09.07)

Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14)

President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1984.09.07 – 2000.12.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sofia a Via Boccea (1985.05.25 – 2000.12.14)

Cardinal Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj
(1963.12.23 – 1984.09.07)

Per aspera ad astra

Born:	1892.02.17 (Zazdrist, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1917.09.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.12.22
Created Cardinal:	1965.02.22
Died:	1984.09.07 (Roma, Italy † 92)

Apostolic Exarch of Velyka Ukraina (Ukraine) (1939.09.17 – 1984.09.07)

Titular Archbishop of Serræ (1939.11.25 – 1944.11.01)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1939.11.25 – 1944.11.01)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1944.11.01 – 1963.12.23)

Major Archbishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1963.12.23 – 1984.09.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio (1965.02.25 – 1984.09.07)

President of Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (1980 – 1984.09.07)

Metropolitans of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj (later Cardinal)
(1944.11.01 – 1963.12.23)

(see above)

Archbishop Andriy Sheptytskyi (Andreas Alexander Szeptyckyj), O.S.B.M.
(1900.12.12 – 1944.11.01)

Born:	1865.07.29 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1892.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1899.09.17
Died:	1944.11.01 († 79)

Founder of Ukrainian Studite Monks (1898.09.22)

Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1899.02.19 – 1900.12.12)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1900.12.12 – 1944.11.01)

Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi
(1899.06.19 – 1900.05.04)

Born:	1826.05.01
Ordained Priest:	1854.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.08.17
Died:	1900.05.04 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Hephæstum (1890.06.26 – 1891.09.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1890.06.26 – 1891.09.22)

Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1891.09.22 – 1899.06.19)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1899.06.19 – 1900.05.04)

Cardinal Sylwester Sembratowicz
(1885.03.27 – 1898.08.04)

Born:	1836.09.03 (Desznica, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1860.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.04.20
Created Cardinal:	1895.11.29
Died:	1898.08.04 (Lviv, Ukraine † 61)

Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis (1879.02.28 – 1885.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1879.02.28 – 1885.03.27)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1885.03.27 – 1898.08.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1896.06.25 – 1898.08.04)

Archbishop Josyf Sembratovyc
(1870.06.27 – 1882.11.11)

Born:	1821.11.08 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1845.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.06.11
Died:	1900.10.23 († 78)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1865.03.24 – 1870.06.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1867.10.01 – 1870.06.27)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1870.06.27 – 1882.11.11)

Titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis (1882.12.22 – 1900.10.23)

Archbishop Spirydion Litwinowicz
(1864.05.05 – 1869.06.04)

Born:	1810.12.06
Ordained Priest:	1835.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.05.17
Died:	1869.06.04 († 58)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1857.04.07 – 1864.05.05)

Titular Bishop of Canatha (1857.04.08 – 1864.05.05)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1864.05.05 – 1869.06.04)

Archbishop Grzegorz Jachimowicz
(1860.03.23 – 1863.05.01)

Born:	1792.02.16
Ordained Priest:	1816.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1841.11.21
Died:	1863.05.01 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis (1840.07.15 – 1848.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1840.07.15 – 1848.09.05)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1848.09.05 – 1860.03.23)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1860.03.23 – 1863.05.01)

Cardinal Mihail Lewicki
(1816.03.08 – 1858.01.14)

Born:	1774.02.17 (Pokucie, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1798
Consecrated Bishop:	1813.09.20
Created Cardinal:	1856.06.16
Died:	1858.01.14 (Univ, Ukraine † 83)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1813.09.20 – 1816.03.08)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1816.03.08 – 1858.01.14)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1856.06.16 – 1858.01.14)

Archbishop Antoni Angelowicz
(1808.09.26 – 1814.06.06)

Born:	1759.04.13 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1783.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1796.02.14
Died:	1814.06.06 († 55)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1796.02.14 – 1808.03.16)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1808.03.16 – 1808.09.26)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1808.09.26 – 1814.06.06)

Archbishop Antoni Angelowicz
(1808.03.16 – 1808.09.26)

(see above)

Bishops of Lviv–Kamyanets (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Mykola Skorodyński
(1798.10.28 – 1805.05.23)

Born:	1757.01.07
Ordained Priest:	1782.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1799.03.10
Died:	1805.05.23 († 48)

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1798.10.28 – 1805.05.23)

Bishop Piotr Bielański
(1780 – 1798.05.29)

Consecrated Bishop:	1781.09.23
Died:	1798.05.29

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1780 – 1798.05.29)

Archbishop Leon Szeptytzkyj
(1748 – 1779.05.24)

Born:	1717.08.29
Ordained Priest:	1742.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1749.05.25
Died:	1779.05.24 († 61)

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1748 – 1779.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1778.02.01 – 1779.05.24)

Archbishop Atanasy Szeptytzkyj
(1715 – 1746.12.12)

Consecrated Bishop:	1715.09.13
Died:	1746.12.12

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1715 – 1746.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1729.08.17 – 1746.12.12)

Bishop Vasil’ Szeptytzkyj
(1708 – 1715.04.05)

Born:	1647.02.03
Ordained Priest:	1668.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1710.06.15
Died:	1715.04.05 († 68)

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1708 – 1715.04.05)

Bishop Josyf Szumlański
(1700.06.09 – 1708.07.27)

Born:	1643
Consecrated Bishop:	1668.02.01
Died:	1708.07.27 († 64)

Bishop of Lviv–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1700.06.09 – 1708.07.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (later Cardinal) (1980.03.27 – 1984.09.07)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Josyf Ivanovyce Slipyj (later Cardinal) (1939.11.25 – 1944.11.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (56) (2010.08.03 – 2017.04.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R. (72) (later Archbishop) (2002.01.11 – 2004.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna, M.S.U. (70) (2002.01.11 – 2003.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (later Cardinal) (1996.10.14 – 2001.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Wasyl Ihor Medwit, O.S.B.M. (1994.03.30 – 1996.09.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julian Gbur, S.V.D. (1994.03.30 – 1996)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk, C.SS.R. (1991.01.16 – 1996)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Philemon Kurchaba, C.SS.R. (1991.01.16 – 1995.10.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julian Voronovsky, M.S.U. (1991.01.16 – 1994.03.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. (1991.01.16 – 1993.04.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Petro Kozak, C.SS.R. (1983 – 1984.12.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nykanor Mykola Dejneha, M.S.U. (1972.02 – 1982.11.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed Bishop Vasyl’ Vsevolod Velychkovs’kyi (Василь Всеволод Величковський), C.SS.R. (1959 – 1973.06.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed Bishop Mykyta Budka (Микита Будка) (1928 – 1949.10.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josyf Botsian (1924.09.20 – 1926.11.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (later Cardinal) (1879.02.28 – 1885.03.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Spirydion Litwinowicz (later Archbishop) (1857.04.07 – 1864.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joannes Bocheński (1850.05.20 – 1857.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Grzegorz Jachimowicz (later Archbishop) (1840.07.15 – 1848.09.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Zachariasz Nowoszycki (1634.12.04 – 1641.03.14)

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