The Latin Archdiocese of Lviv ( la, Archidioecesis Leopolitanus Latinorum) was erected on August 28, 1412 in the city of Lwów (today Lviv). It serves as a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The principal patron of the Archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy. Archdiocese of Lviv today is divided between Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church and Armenian Catholic Church. Armenian Catholic Church has only one diocese in Ukraine and vacant since 1954.

History

In 1909

Pope Pius X Pope Pius X ( it, Pio X; born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto; 2 June 1835 – 20 August 1914) was head of the Catholic Church from 4 August 1903 to his death in August 1914. Pius X is known for vigorously opposing modernist interpretations of C ...

proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Blessed

Jakub Strzemię Jakub Strzemię (c. 1340 - 20 October 1409) was a Polish Roman Catholic archbishop and a professed member of the Order of Friars Minor. He served as the Archbishop of Halicz from 1392 until his death when the archdiocese was incorporated into that ...

to be the patrons of the Lviv archdiocese. In 1910 the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland became the principal patron. Nowadays the principal patron is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy (NMP Łaskawa). The patron's day is celebrated on 1 April, the day when King of Poland

Jan II Kazimierz Waza John II Casimir ( pl, Jan II Kazimierz Waza; lt, Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 until his abdication in 1668 as well as titular King of Sweden from 16 ...

took an oath at the Lwów Cathedral in 1655, during " The Deluge," took vows of loyalty to God and declared the Mother of God to be the Queen of Poland.

List of Roman Catholic bishops of Lviv

Bishops of Lwów (Lviv)

* 1375–1380 Maciej * 1384–1390 Bernard * 1391–1409 bl.

(Jakub Strepa) * 1410–1412 Mikołaj Trąba

Metropolitan Archbishops of Halicz (Halych)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lwow (Lviv)

''In 1414 a metropolitan see was moved from Halych to Lviv. Diocese of Halicz was merged with diocese of Lwow.

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv (and Ukraine ''de facto'')

''An attempt to liquidate the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine was made with the start of World War II in 1939 and partition of Poland between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. After World War II and until fall of the Soviet Union, the archdiocese of Lwów was centered in Lubaczów. * 1944–1962 Eugeniusz Baziak **1962–1964

Michał Orliński Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel * Michał Heller ...

( Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1964–1973 Jan Nowicki (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1973–1983

Marian Rechowicz Marian may refer to: People * Mari people, a Finno-Ugric ethnic group in Russia * Marian (given name), a list of people with the given name * Marian (surname), a list of people so named Places *Marian, Iran (disambiguation) * Marian, Queenslan ...

(Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1983–1984

Stanisław Cały Stanislav and variants may refer to: People *Stanislav (given name), a Slavic given name with many spelling variations (Stanislaus, Stanislas, Stanisław, etc.) Places * Stanislav, a coastal village in Kherson, Ukraine * Stanislaus County, Cali ...

(Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) **1984–1991 Marian Jaworski (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów) * 1991–2008 Marian Jaworski * 2008–present Mieczysław Mokrzycki

Auxiliary bishops

References

External links

The Archbishop Metropolitan of Lviv of the Latin Rite
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