Sylvester Sembratovych ( uk, Сильвестр Сембратович, pl, Sylwester Sembratowicz; 3 September 1836 – 4 August 1898) was the

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of the

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from 1885 until his death in 1898 and a

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of the Catholic Church.

Life

Sylvester Sembratovych was born on 3 September 1836, in the village of

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, in south-eastern

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. He studied in

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and in

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. From 1854 he moved for the academic studies in the Greek College of St. Athanasius,

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, where he was ordained as a

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on 1 November 1860 and he obtained a doctorate in theology in 1861. He remained in Rome until 1863 when he returned to

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and was appointed to serve in the village of

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. He worked also in Greek-Ruthenian

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of Lviv until 1865, when he was appointed professor of theology in the

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, an assignment he kept till 1879. On 20 April 1879 he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of the Archeparchy of Lviv by his uncle, the Archbishop of Lviv

Joseph Sembratovych Joseph Sembratovych ( uk, Йосиф Сембратович, pl, Josyf Sembratowycz; 8 November 1821, Krynica-Zdrój – 23 October 1900) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1870 until his resignation ...

. When his uncle resigned in 1882, Sylvester Sembratovych was appointed

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. On 27 March 1885 he was formally appointed Archbishop of Lviv, i.e. the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and he was enthroned on 5 May 1885. As Primate, he reformed the Basilian Monastic Order, published vernacular prayer books and held a

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in 1891. On 29 November 1895 he was created

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and he was assigned the

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on 25 June 1896. He died in Lviv on 4 August 1898.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sembratovych, Sylvester 1836 births 1898 deaths Ukrainian cardinals Cardinals created by Pope Leo XIII People from Jasło County People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Pontifical Greek College of Saint Athanasius alumni Metropolitans of Galicia (1808-2005)