Konstantyn Czechowicz

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Konstantyn Czechowicz

Konstantyn Czechowicz , also Konstantyn Ritter von Czechowicz or Konstantyn Chekhovych (born January 3, 1847 in Dziewiecier ( Dewjatyr / Dziewięcierz ), Galicia ; † April 28, 1915 ) was Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor and Sanok for the Ruthenian-Greek Church in Galicia.

Life

Czechowicz's grave in Przemyśl

Konstantyn Czechowicz's family lived in Dziewiecierz. In 1873, Czechowicz was ordained a priest and later became vicar general in the Przemyśl, Sambor and Sanok eparchy. From 1888 to 1890 he was rector of the Greek Catholic seminary in Przemyśl . On November 17, 1896, he was appointed Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor and Sanok, the later Archeparchy Przemyśl-Warsaw of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church . He was ordained a bishop on February 21, 1897. He was an advocate of the Ukrainian national movement and supported the establishment of a women's order. He was one of the initiators of the founding of financial institutions that worked according to cooperative principles. He died in Russian captivity on April 28, 1915, after the Russian occupation of Ukraine.

Co-consecrator

During his tenure, he was Mitkonsekrator at: Andrey Sheptytsky OSBM Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk , hryhory khomyshyn Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk, Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz OSBM the Apostolic Exarch of the United States and Nicetas Budka the Apostolic Exarch of Canada .

literature

  • Konstantyn Czechowicz: Korespondencja Greckokatolickiego Biskupa Przemyskiego Z Lat 1897–1914 Authors: Kroglich, Anna; Czechowicz, Konstantyn; ISBN 83-905661-4-1 [1]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dziewięcierz - ( Memento from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Greckokatolickie seminary Duchowne - ( Memento of 20 May 2012 at the Internet Archive )
predecessor Office successor
Julian Pelesz Bishop of Przemyśl-Sambor and Sanok
1896–1914 		Josaphat Kocylovskyj OSBM
personal data
SURNAME Czechowicz, Konstantyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Czechowicz, Konstantyn Ritter von; Chekhovych, Konstantyn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Dziewiecier Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , now Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1915