Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm–Belz
The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm–Bełz (or Chełm–Bełz of the Ukrainians ) was an Eparchy (Eastern Catholic diocese) of the particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Byzantine Rite) in part of Poland from 1596 till 1875.
Eparchy of Chełm and Belz Dioecesis Chelmensis et Belthiensis Ruthenorum | |
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 former Nativity of the Mother of God Cathedral in Chełm | |
| Location | |
| Headquarters | Chełm, Poland |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Dissolved | 1875 (suppressed) |
| Cathedral | Nativity of the Mother of God Cathedral in Chełm |
| Language | Church Slavonic |
History
- Established in 1596 as Diocese of Chełm–Bełz / Chelmen(sis) et Belthien(sis) Rutenorum (Latin), on Polish (or imperial Russian) territory not previously served by the particular church.
- Suppressed on 18 March 1875 without successor.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Ukrainian Rite)
- Suffragan Eparchs (Bishops) of Chełm–Bełz
- Dionysius (Zbyruyskyy) (1596 – 1603)
- Arseniusz Joann (1604 – 1619)
- Atanazy Pakosta (1619 – death 1625?)
- Teodor Mieleszko (1625 – 1626)
- Metody Terlecki, Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (O.S.B.M.) (1630 – death 1649.06.07)
- Atanazy Zachariasz Furs (1649 – death 1649)
- Jakub Jan Susza, O.S.B.M. (1652 – death 1687.09.04)
- Augustyn Aleksander Łodziata (1687 – death 1691?)
- Jan Małachowski (1691 – death 1693), previously Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1670 – 1691)
- Gedeon Woyna-Orański (1693 – 1709)
- Josyf Levyckyj (1711 – death 1730.06.15)
- Felicjan Filip Wołodkowicz (Feliks Filipp Volodkovič), O.S.B.M. (1731 – 1756.01.12), next Coadjutor Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1756.01.12 – 1762.07.18), Eparch (Bishop) of Volodymyr–Brėst of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1758.11.22 – 1778.02.01), Metropolitan Archeparch (Archbishop) of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (1762.07.18 – death 1778.02.01)
- Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M. (1758 – 1784)
- Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. (1784.07.02 – 1790.04.04), next Coadjutor Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1785.04.11 – 1788.11.01), succeeding as Metropolitan Archeparch (Archbishop) of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1788.11.01 – death 1805.01.25)
- Porfiriusz Skarbek-Ważyński (1790 – death 1804.03.09)
- Ferdynand Dąbrowa-Ciechanowski, O.S.B.M. (1810.07.18 – death 1828.04.07)
- Filip Felicjan Szumborski, O.S.B.M. (1830.01.29 – death 1851.01.19)
- Jan Teraszkiewicz (1851.01 – death 1863.03.01), succeeding as former Auxiliary Bishop of Chełm–Bełz of the Ukrainians (1842.08.30 – 1851.01)
- Jan Mikołaj Kaliński (1863.03.16 – death 1866.10.19)
- Michał Kuzemśki (1868.06.22 – retired 1871), died 1879.
See also
- the former Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełm(-Lublin)
- List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
References
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