Josyf Sembratowicz
Josyf Sembratowicz ( Ukrainian : Йосиф Сембратович , Polish : Josyf Sembratowycz ) (born November 8, 1821 in Krynica ; † October 23, 1900 in Rome ) was metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , Archeparchy Lemberg ( Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , today Ukraine ) .
Life
Josyf Sembratowicz was born in 1821. After studying in Vienna, he was ordained a priest on October 7, 1845 . At the age of 44, on March 24, 1865, he was appointed titular bishop of Nazianzus . He was ordained bishop on June 11, 1865 in the St. George's Cathedral in Lviv Spyrydon Lytvynowytsch . He was appointed Archbishop of Lemberg on June 27, 1870. On December 22, 1882, at the age of 62, Josyf Sembratowicz became titular Archbishop of Theodosiopolis due to his retirement .
In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , as Lviv Metropolitan, he had a virile vote in the Galician Landtag .
With his help Rome wanted to enforce celibacy in the Greek Uniate Church.
Archbishop Sembratowicz died in Rome in 1900 at the age of 79.
literature
- S. Brzozowski - H. Reitterer: Sembratowicz Joseph. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 164.
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Sembratowicz, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 34th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1877, p. 81 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Entry on Josyf Sembratowicz on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on December 27, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Spyrydon Lytvynowytsch |
Metropolitan of Lemberg 1870–1882 |
Sylwester Sembratowicz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sembratowicz, Josyf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sembratowytsch, Jossyf; Sembratovyc, Josyf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krynica |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1900 |
| Place of death | Rome |