Yosyf Shumlyansky (, ; 1643–1708) was an

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(previously Orthodox) bishop of the Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi (at the time in the

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), best known for restoring unity with the

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in 1700.

Biography

Yosyf Shumlyansky fought with

Jan Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...

in the defense of

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. In 1667, he was elected as Orthodox bishop of

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, but the see was contested until 1676. When Yosyf was elected Orthodox bishop, the bishop of

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, Antonii, opposed him. Also, the Lviv fraternity opposed the candidacy, preferring instead their candidate Jeremiah, who was also ordained. On 1 February 1668, Yosyf Shumlyansky was ordained as Bishop of Lviv by Metropolitan Sophronius of Philippopolis, Exarch of Macedonia, Metropolitan Theophane of Chios and Cyclades, and bishop Daniel. There was a fierce struggle between the two bishops, Yosyf and Antonii, which lasted about five years. Only with the accession of

to the Polish throne, a personal friend of Yosyf, did the latter manage to defeat his opponent. In 1675, as Bishop of Lviv, he was appointed administrator to the Diocese of Kyiv. In 1677, after contacts with the papal nuncio in Warsaw, Yosyf Shumlyansky adopted

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. At a locale council in 1700, Yosyf and the clergy of his diocese joined the

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under the leadership of the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia —

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. The Lviv brotherhood first refused to follow the bishop and tried to remain Orthodox, but eventually relented and in 1708 also joined the union, directly subordinated to the

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. Shumlyansky instructed the clergy to keep metrics, and he published instructions on how to behave in the church and outside it. Shumlyansky was acquainted with the Hetmans

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and

Ivan Mazepa Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa (; ; ) was the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host and the Left-bank Ukraine in 1687–1708. The historical events of Mazepa's life have inspired Cultural legacy of Mazeppa, many literary, artistic and musical works. He was ...

Consecrated bishops

* Bishop of Mukachevo Yosyf Voloshynovskyj * Bishop of Przemysl Innokentiy Vynnytskyi * Bishop of Krakow Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski

References

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. In 10 vols. / Editor in Chief

Volodymyr Kubijovyč Volodymyr Kubijovyč (also spelled Kubiiovych or Kubiyovych; ; 23 September 1900 – 2 November 1985) was an anthropological geographer in prewar Poland, a wartime Ukrainian nationalist politician, a Nazi collaborator and a post-war émigré in ...

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: Young Life, 1954-1989 * Mykola Andrusiak. "Józef Szumlański, pierwszy biskup unicki lwowski, 1667-1708 (Open Library". Openlibrary.org. Retrieved 2012-08-25. * "Lemberg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. * "Greek Catholics in America". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

External links

Shumliansky, Yosyf
www.encyclopediaofukraine.com * http://www.rulex.ru/01090529.htm * http://litopys.org.ua/suspil/sus137.htm * http://www.pravoslavie.ru/archiv/uniazaprus.htm

www.catholic-hierarchy.org

www.pravenc.ru 1643 births 1708 deaths Converts to Eastern Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Former Ukrainian Orthodox Christians 18th-century Eastern Catholic bishops Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Eastern Catholic bishops in Ukraine {{UkrainianGreekCatholic-bishop-stub