The Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv is a former, non-Metropolitan

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(

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archdiocese) of the

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''sui iuris'' (

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). It existed in 1630 to 1944. It is immediately dependent on the

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, not part of his or any

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, and in Rome under the

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. Its former cathedral archiepiscopal see and a minor landmark of

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, the Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in

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has been turned into an

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History

Established in 1630 as Archeparchy (Archdiocese) of Lviv (Curiate Italian Leopoli), on territory previously without Ordinary of the particular church ''sui iuris''. Vacant since

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. Therefore, its faithful are "also" pastorally served by the

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Episcopal ordinaries

(all

) ;''Archeparchs (Archbishops) of Lviv '' * Mikołaj Torosowicz (1630.10.24 – 1681) * Wartan Hunanian (1681.10.24 – death 1715.06.15), succeeded as former

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of Hamatha (1675.01.28 – 1681.10.24) &

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of Lviv of the Armenians (1675.01.28 – 1681.10.24) ** Coadjutor Archeparch Deodat Bogdan Nersesowicz (1701.07.18 – death 1709), Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1701.07.18 – 1709) * Jan Tobiasz Augustynowicz (1715 – 1751.12.22), succeeded as former

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of Ægeæ (1737.02.11 – death 1751.12.22) & Coadjutor of Lviv of the Armenians (1737.02.11 – 1751.12.22 * Jakub Walerian Tumanowicz (1783.01.11 – death 1798.09.02), succeeded as former Titular Archbishop of

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(1771.12.16 – 1783.01.11) & Coadjutor Archbishop of Lviv of the Armenians ( 771.06.011771.12.16 – 1783.01.11) * Jan Jakub Szymonowicz (1800.03.01 – death 1816.10.03) * Kajetan Augustyn Warteresiewicz (1817.07.27 – death 1831.02.06) * Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz (1832.02.24 – death 1858.12.08) * Grzegorz Michał Szymonowicz (1858.12.08 – death 1875.06), succeeded as former Titular Archbishop of

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(1857.03.19 – 1857.07.05) & Coadjutor of Lviv of the Armenians (1857.03.19 – 1858.12.08) * Grzegorz Józef Romaszkan (1876.04.03 – death 1881.12.14) * Izaak Mikołaj Isakowicz (1882.07.03 – death 1901.04.29) *

Józef Teodorowicz Józef Teodorowicz ( hy, Յովսէփ Թէոֆիլ Թէոդորովիչ; 25 August 1864 – 4 December 1938) was the last Armenian Catholic Archbishop of Lviv. All of his family were of Armenian origin and had lived for centuries in Poland. Teodo ...

(1901.12.16 – death 1938.12.05) *''

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Father Dionisiy Kaetanowicz (1938 – 1944), no other office''

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