Gedeon Brolnitskyj (Polish: Gedeon Brolnicki; 1528–1618) was a bishop of the Ruthenian Uniate Church and a monk belonged to the Lauryshava Monastery and since 1601 Archbishop of Polotsk.
Gedeon Brolnitskyj | |
|---|---|
| Church | Ruthenian Uniate Church |
| Installed | 26 May 1601 |
| Term ended | 1618 |
| Predecessor | Herman Zahorskyj |
| Successor | Saint Josaphat Kuntsevych |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 6 August 1601 by Herman Zahorskyj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1528 |
| Died | 1618 |
Biography
editIn 1596 Brolnitskyj was an Orthodox Archimandrite of the Lauryshava Monastery (in today's Belarus) and converted from Orthodoxy to Greek Catholicism, signing an act of the Union of Brest.[1]
On May 26, 1601 Gideon Brolicki was nominated Archbishop of Polotsk.[2] On August 6, 1601, he was ordained bishop and remained as Catholic Uniate bishop till his death in 1618.
References
edit- ^ [Footnotes В.А. Теплова, З.И.Зуева, Уния в документах, Minsk 1997, p. 139.]
- ^ Blazheyovsky D. Hierarchy of the Kievan Church (861-1996). - Lviv: Kamenyar, 1996. - P. 281.]