Ivan Snihurskyi

Ivan Snihurskyi
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
In office 30 August 1818 – 24 August 1847
Predecessor Mykhajlo Levitsky
Successor Hryhoriy Yakhymovych
Orders
Ordination 15 March 1807 (Priest)
by Antin Angelovych
Consecration 30 August 1818 (Bishop)
by Mykhajlo Levitsky
Personal details
Birth name Ivan Snihurskyi
Born (1784-05-18)18 May 1784
Berestyany, Habsburg Monarchy
Died 24 August 1847(1847-08-24) (aged 63)
Przemyśl, Austrian Empire

Ivan Snihurskyi (Ukrainian: Іван Снігурський, Polish: Jan Snigurski; 18 May 1784 – 24 August 1847) was an Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in a present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1818 to 1847.

Born in Berestyany, Habsburg Monarchy (present day – Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) in the family of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest in 1784. He was ordained a priest on 15 March 1807 by Bishop Antin Angelovych. He worked as a parish priest in the Ruthenian St. Barbara's church in Vienna from 1813 to 1818.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok on 30 March 1818. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 30 August 1818. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Mykhajlo Levitsky.[2]

He died in Przemyśl on 24 August 1847.

References

  1. Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1988). Ukrainian Catholic clergy in diaspora (1751-1988). Rome. p. 213.
  2. Bishop Ivan (Jan) Snihurskyj (Snigurski). catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-06-27.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Mykhajlo Levitsky
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
1818–1847
Succeeded by
Hryhoriy Yakhymovych


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