Mikołaj Torosowicz[1][2] (in Ukrainian: Миколай Торосович, Mykolai Torosovych; born 1605 in Lviv – October 24, 1681), was the first Armenian Catholicbishop of Lviv.[3]
Torosowicz was born in Lviv in a wealthy Yakov Torosovich's Armenian apostolic merchant family. At that time, the Armenians of Galicia were under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the patriarch of the See of Echmiadzin, in Armenia, then under Persian rule.
With religious vocation, he was sent by his parents to Istanbul.[4] and was ordained a priest in 1626 in Istanbul, and on 8 January 1627 Torosowicz was appointed bishop of Lviv of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
On 22 May 1635 Torosowicz made a new confession of faith to the Pope Urban VIII in Rome, and was named Metropolitan of Lviv, with jurisdiction over all Armenians from Poland, Moldova and Wallachia. It was also he who led the Theatines to Lviv. Torosowicz was named knight of the Order of St. Michael and the Order of Jesus and Mary.
Samuel Orgelbrand, ed. (1867). Encyklopedia Powszechna (1st edition) (in Polish) 25. pp. 388–390.
Sadok Barącz, Living of the famous Armenians in Poland, Lvov, 1856.
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^[ The Armenians of Galicia had their own or Polish language.]
^[O. Osipyan. Social circulation of the past and historical representations at the micro level: fictitious military cooperation of the Armenians with the Tatars at the service of Prince Lev Danylovych in the "Triple Lion" by Yu.B. Zimorovich (1660-ies) // Ukrainian Historical Journal. - К., 2015. - № 6 (525) (leaf-December). - P. 146. - ISSN 0130-5247.]
mikołaj, torosowicz, ukrainian, Миколай, Торосович, mykolai, torosovych, born, 1605, lviv, october, 1681, first, armenian, catholic, bishop, lviv, archeparchchurcharmenian, catholic, churcharchdiocesearmenian, catholic, archeparchy, lvivappointednovember, 1630. Mikolaj Torosowicz 1 2 in Ukrainian Mikolaj Torosovich Mykolai Torosovych born 1605 in Lviv October 24 1681 was the first Armenian Catholic bishop of Lviv 3 Mikolaj TorosowiczArcheparchChurchArmenian Catholic ChurchArchdioceseArmenian Catholic Archeparchy of LvivAppointedNovember 8 1630Term endedOctober 24 1681PredecessorFirst EparchSuccessorVartan HunanianOrdersOrdinationJanuary 8 1627Personal detailsBorn1605LvivDiedOctober 24 1681Lviv Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksBiography editTorosowicz was born in Lviv in a wealthy Yakov Torosovich s Armenian apostolic merchant family At that time the Armenians of Galicia were under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the patriarch of the See of Echmiadzin in Armenia then under Persian rule With religious vocation he was sent by his parents to Istanbul 4 and was ordained a priest in 1626 in Istanbul and on 8 January 1627 Torosowicz was appointed bishop of Lviv of the Armenian Apostolic Church On October 24 1630 Torosowicz made a profession of faith in a Carmelite Catholic church of Discalced Carmelites and entered himself along with his diocese in communion with the Catholic Church The union was confirmed by the Holy See on November 8 of the same year and Torosowicz became the first Armenian Catholic archbishop of Lviv On 22 May 1635 Torosowicz made a new confession of faith to the Pope Urban VIII in Rome and was named Metropolitan of Lviv with jurisdiction over all Armenians from Poland Moldova and Wallachia It was also he who led the Theatines to Lviv Torosowicz was named knight of the Order of St Michael and the Order of Jesus and Mary He died on October 24 1681 at the age of 76 See also editArmenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv Armenian Catholic ChurchBibliography editSamuel Orgelbrand ed 1867 Encyklopedia Powszechna 1st edition in Polish 25 pp 388 390 Sadok Baracz Living of the famous Armenians in Poland Lvov 1856 References edit The Armenians of Galicia had their own or Polish language O Osipyan Social circulation of the past and historical representations at the micro level fictitious military cooperation of the Armenians with the Tatars at the service of Prince Lev Danylovych in the Triple Lion by Yu B Zimorovich 1660 ies Ukrainian Historical Journal K 2015 6 525 leaf December P 146 ISSN 0130 5247 Encyklopedia Powszechna 1867 p 388 Encyklopedia Powszechna 1867 p 388 External links edithttp www catholic hierarchy org bishop btorosow html http m pidruchniki com 19720822 religiyeznavstvo diyalnist yepiskopa torosovicha http www wbc poznan pl dlibra docmetadata id 72173 amp dirids 1 amp http www wiki ormianie pl index php Mikolaj Torosowicz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mikolaj Torosowicz amp oldid 1181777822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
