Eastern Catholic eparchies within the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772. The most northerly one, in brown, is the Archeparchy of Polotsk
Previously an Eastern Orthodox eparchy headed by a suffragan bishop of the Kiev Metropolitan in Vilnius, in 1596 the eparchy of Polotsk, entered in full communion with the Catholic Church as a Greek Catholic Church through the Union of Brest. The eparchy was among the first that joined the union in 1596 along with eparchies of Kiev, Pinsk, Lutsk, Volodymyr and Kholm. Due to the Union of Brest, Belarus, the former Orthodox Church became known as the Ruthenian Uniate Church.
To the archeparchy of Polotsk were later added the territories of the eparchy of Mstislav (also of 13th-century origin) and the 10th-century eparchies of Orsha and Vitebsk.[1][2]
Markian Bilozor (1697 - death 18 June 1707); previously Coadjutor Bishop of Pinsk–Turaŭ of the Ruthenians (Belarus) (? – 1665), succeeding as Eparch (Bishop) of Pinsk–Turaŭ of the Ruthenians (1665 – 1697)
Sylvester Peshkevych (9 November 1710 - death 8 September 1714)
Florian Hrebnitskyj (1715 - death 18 July 1762)
Jason Smogorevskyj (18 July 1762 - 25 June 1781), succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Polatsk–Vitebsk of the Ruthenians (? – 1762.07.18); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1781.06.25 – death 1788)
^Girolamo Petri, Gerarchia della Santa Chiesa cattolica apostolica Romana, Rome 1851, p. 162
^Girolamo Petri, Prospetto della gerarchia episcopale in ogni rito e dei vicariati, delegazioni e prefetture in luogo di missione della S. Chiesa Cattolica Apostolica e Romana in tutto l'Orbe al Primo Gennajo 1850, Rome, no date, p. XX
^Romana, Catholic Church Curia (5 March 2019). "Notizie per l'anno ..." – via Google Books.
^Ієрархія Київської церкви (861-1996), Львів, Каменяр, 1996, pp. 281-288
^Kazimierz Dola, "Katalog arcybiskupów i biskupów rezydencjalnych eparchii polskich obrządku grecko-unickiego od Unii Brzeskiej (1596) do roku 1945" in Historia Kościoła w Polsce t. II 1764-1945, cz. 2 1918-1945, Poznań-Warszawa 1979, p. 308
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The Archeparchy of Polotsk Vitebsk was an archeparchy of the Ruthenian Uniate Church that was situated in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth From 1596 to 1839 it was a suffragan eparchy of the Metropolis of Kiev Galicia and all Ruthenia The cathedral church of the archeparchy was Cathedral of Saint Sophia in the city of Polotsk Contents 1 History 2 Episcopal ordinaries 3 See also 4 References 5 Sources and external linksHistory edit nbsp Eastern Catholic eparchies within the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772 The most northerly one in brown is the Archeparchy of PolotskPreviously an Eastern Orthodox eparchy headed by a suffragan bishop of the Kiev Metropolitan in Vilnius in 1596 the eparchy of Polotsk entered in full communion with the Catholic Church as a Greek Catholic Church through the Union of Brest The eparchy was among the first that joined the union in 1596 along with eparchies of Kiev Pinsk Lutsk Volodymyr and Kholm Due to the Union of Brest Belarus the former Orthodox Church became known as the Ruthenian Uniate Church To the archeparchy of Polotsk were later added the territories of the eparchy of Mstislav also of 13th century origin and the 10th century eparchies of Orsha and Vitebsk 1 2 Due to its proximity to Vilnius the eparchy played a key role in the church life and many of its bishops later became the Metropolitan bishops of Kiev a hierarch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church Those include Havryil Kolenda Kyprian Zochovskyj Lev Zalenskyj and many others In the 1800s the archeparchy was classified by the Catholic Church as a Ruthenian jurisdiction 3 The Russian imperial government suppressed the archeparchy on 25 March 1839 at the Council of Polotsk 4 which has no Catholic successor Episcopal ordinaries edit Byzantine Rite Non metropolitan Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchs of Polotsk Vitebsk 5 6 nbsp Catholic cathedral of St Sophia PolotskHerman Zahorskyj 1596 death 1600 1601 Gedeon Brolnitskyj 26 May 1601 death 1618 Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych Order of Saint Basil the Great O S B M born Ukraine 1618 death 12 November 1623 previously Founder of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat 1607 Coadjutor Archbishop of Polatsk Vitebsk of the Ruthenians 1617 succession 1618 03 Antin Sielava 1624 death 1655 Havryil Kolenda 1655 death 21 May 1674 succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Polatsk Vitebsk of the Ruthenians 1655 Kyprian Zochovskyj 21 May 1674 death 1693 Lev Zalenskyj Markian Bilozor 1697 death 18 June 1707 previously Coadjutor Bishop of Pinsk Turaŭ of the Ruthenians Belarus 1665 succeeding as Eparch Bishop of Pinsk Turaŭ of the Ruthenians 1665 1697 Sylvester Peshkevych 9 November 1710 death 8 September 1714 Florian Hrebnitskyj 1715 death 18 July 1762 Jason Smogorevskyj 18 July 1762 25 June 1781 succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Polatsk Vitebsk of the Ruthenians 1762 07 18 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv Halyc of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1781 06 25 death 1788 Heraklius Lisovskyj 1783 death 30 August 1809 Jan Krasovskyj 22 September 1809 1826 next transferred Archbishop Bishop of Lutsk Ostroh of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1826 death 1827 08 23 Jakub Martusevych 1826 death 26 January 1833 previously Eparch Bishop of Lutsk Ostroh of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1817 1826 Josaphat Bulhak 14 April 1833 death 9 March 1838 previously Bishop of Pinsk Turaŭ of the Ruthenians Belarus 1787 04 24 1798 10 12 Eparch Bishop of Volodymyr Brest of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1798 10 12 1818 09 22 Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius of the Ukrainians Lithuania 1814 1818 Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv Halyc of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1817 01 27 1818 09 22 Eparch Bishop of Vilnius of the Ukrainians Lithuania 1818 1833 04 14 Metropolitan Archeparch Archbishop of Kyiv Halyc of the Ukrainians Ukraine 1818 09 22 1838 03 09 Eparch Bishop of Zyrovyci of the Ukrainians Lithuania 1828 1833 04 14 See also editList of Catholic dioceses in Belarus Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Ruthenian Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Synod of PolotskReferences edit Girolamo Petri Gerarchia della Santa Chiesa cattolica apostolica Romana Rome 1851 p 162 Girolamo Petri Prospetto della gerarchia episcopale in ogni rito e dei vicariati delegazioni e prefetture in luogo di missione della S Chiesa Cattolica Apostolica e Romana in tutto l Orbe al Primo Gennajo 1850 Rome no date p XX Romana Catholic Church Curia 5 March 2019 Notizie per l anno via Google Books Iyerarhiya Kiyivskoyi cerkvi 861 1996 Lviv Kamenyar 1996 pp 281 288 Diocese of Zamosc Lubaczow Poland GCatholic Kazimierz Dola Katalog arcybiskupow i biskupow rezydencjalnych eparchii polskich obrzadku grecko unickiego od Unii Brzeskiej 1596 do roku 1945 in Historia Kosciola w Polsce t II 1764 1945 cz 2 1918 1945 Poznan Warszawa 1979 p 308Sources and external links editGCatholic with Google satellite photo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Archeparchy of Polotsk Vitebsk Ruthenian Uniate Church amp oldid 1166136294, 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