Theodosius Rostocki (born as Tadeusz Teodozy Bołbas-Rostocki h.
Juńczyk; pl, link=no, Teodozy Rostocki; 1725 – 25 January 1805) was the "
Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia". He became the first
Uniate bishop who was a member of the
Polish Senate
The Senate ( pl, Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm. The history of the Polish Senate stretches back over 500 years; it was one of the first constituent bodies of a bicameral parliament in Europe ...
.
[Dzyuba, O. ]
Theodosius Rostocki (РОСТОЦЬКИЙ ТЕОДОСІЙ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
On 19 June 1785 Rostocki was ordained by Primate of the Uniate Church
Jason Smogorzewski along with bishops Cyprian Stecki and John Kaczkowski as a bishop of Chelm. Earlier that year he also was confirmed as a coadjutor Metropolitan bishop of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia.
Following the death of
Jason Smogorzewski, on 1 November 1788 he succeeded as the Metropolitan bishop of Kiev, Galicia, and all Ruthenia. In 1790 he resigned as bishop of Chelm. In 1796 Rostocki created Eparchy of Suprasl on territory of the
New East Prussia creation of which was approved by the Pope in couple of years.
He consecrated following bishops
Josaphat Bulhak
Josaphat Bulhak (20 April 1758 – 25 February 1838) was a hierarch of the Ruthenian Uniate Church in the western Russian empire. As head of the church, he had the title of Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia, and All Russia. After his death, the ...
, Porphyrius Skarbek Wazynski and Adrian Butrymowicz.
After the
third partition of Poland, Rostocki was detained by the Russian authorities and was forced to move to
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
where he died in 1805.
Notes
References
External links
*
Theodosius Rostocki' at the ''catholic-hierarchy.org''
1725 births
1805 deaths
Eastern Catholics from the Russian Empire
People from Slonim District
People from Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795)
Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Holy See)
Polish senators
Order of Saint Basil the Great
Leaders of the Ruthenian Uniate Church
18th-century bishops in the Holy Roman Empire
{{Belarus-bio-stub