Athanasius (born Antony Shumlianski; died 1694) was Brother of
Iosyf Shumliansky
Yosyf Shumlyansky (, ; 1643–1708) was an Eastern Catholic (previously Orthodox) bishop of the Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi (at the time in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), best known for restoring unity with the Holy See ...
and a former
Orthodox
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bishop of Lutsk
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lutsk was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was joined with the Diocese of Zhytomyr, forming the diocese of Lutzk- ...
from 1686 to 1688. In 1688 he converted to the
Catholic
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religion, and the union in the
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
declared his successor Dionysius (1702).
References
*''Encyclopedia of Ukrainian studies''. In 10's t / Gl. yet. Kubiyovych Vladimir. – Paris, New York: Young Life, 1954–1989.
Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy
Former Ukrainian Orthodox Christians
Ukrainian Eastern Catholics
Eastern Orthodox bishops of Lutsk
17th-century births
17th-century deaths
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