Spyrydon Lytvynovych
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Spyrydon Lytvynovych (, ; 6 December 1810 – 4 June 1869) was the
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of the
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from 1864 until his death in 1869.


Life

Spyrydon Lytvynovych was born on 6 December 1810 in Nadrichne, in
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Galicia (present-day in
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,
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,
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). He graduated of philosophy and theology at the
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. He was ordained
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on 19 July 1835 and returned to Galicia where he served as preached and teacher of religion. In February 1848 he was appointed as Greek Catholic pastor of the St. Barbara parish in
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. Soon after he was appointed honorary
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, and in 1852 he became the first rector of the newly established Greek Catholic
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. In March 1857 he was appointed
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of the
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and consecrated
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in Wien by retired
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Archbishop
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on 17 May 1857. At the death of Cardinal
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in 1858 he was appointed Administrator of the Archeparchy. In 1861 he was elected Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Galicia. Since 1861 he was a member of the
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State Council of which he became Vice President in 1861. After the death of Metropolitan Hryhory Yakhymovych, on 30 June 1863 Spyrydon Lytvynovych was designed Metropolitan of Lviv by Emperor
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and so confirmed by
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on 28 September 1863. The enthronement occurred on 5 May 1864. He led and obtained the canonization of Saint
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in 1867. Spyrydon Lytvynovych died on 4 June 1869 in
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lytvynovych, Spyrydon 1810 births 1869 deaths Clergy from Ternopil Oblast Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1861–1867) Members of the House of Lords (Austria) Members of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria Higher Scientific Institute for Diocesan Priests at St. Augustine's alumni Metropolitans of Galicia (1808-2005) Leaders of the Ruthenian Uniate Church 19th-century Ukrainian politicians