Spyrydon Lytvynowytsch
Spyrydon Lytvynowytsch ( Ukrainian Спиридон Литвинович , Polish Spirydion Litwinowicz ; born December 6, 1810 in Urmań , † June 4, 1869 in Lemberg ) was metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the Lviv Archeparchy in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , today Ukraine .
Life
Spyrydon Lytwynowytsch was ordained a priest on July 19, 1835 and, at the age of 47, on April 8, 1857, was appointed auxiliary bishop in the Archeparchy of Lemberg and titular bishop of Canatha . It was consecrated on May 17, 1857 in Vienna by Ioan Lemeni , the emeritus bishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia ( Romania ). The appointment as Metropolitan of Lviv took place on September 28, 1863.
In the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , as Lviv Metropolitan, he had a virile vote in the Galician Landtag .
See also
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Litwinowicz, Spiridion . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 15th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1866, p. 296 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Grigory Yachimovych |
Metropolitan of Lviv 1866 - 1869 |
Josyf Sembratowicz |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lytvynowytsch, Spyrydon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Литвинович, Спиридон (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Urmań, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1869 |
| Place of death | Lviv |