Herman Zahorskyj (? - 1600 or 1601) was a bishop of the Ruthenian Uniate Church. Since 1595 he was Archbishop of Polotsk (originally Orthodox) and in 1596 accepted the Union of Brest, became Greek Catholic.

Herman Zahorskyj
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
MetropolisRuthenian Uniate Church
Kyiv, Galicia and all Rus
DiocesePolotsk
SeePolotsk
Elected19 October 1596
Term ended1600
Predecessornew post (catholic)
Natanail Selitsky (eastern orthodox)
SuccessorGedeon Brolnitskyj (catholic)
Meletius Smotrytsky (eastern orthodox)
Orders
Ordination1595
by Michael Rohoza
Personal details
Died1600

Biography

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Zahorskyj was named as coadjutor on May 5, 1595, for the Archeparchy of Polotsk. Since July 1595 (after the death of the previous bishop of Polotsk Natanail Selitsky) he assumed the function of the ordinary of the Polotsk eparch. On September 22, 1595, the Polish king Sigismund III Vasa named him archbishopric of Polotsk. In 1594 - 1595, Hermann Zahorskyj signed Uniate documents as "nominated" to the archbishop of Polotsk.[1]

On 19 October 1596 he was one of those Orthodox hierarchs who supported and signed the act of the Union of Brest,[2] formally became a Greek Catholic bishop till his death in 1600 or 1601.

Literature

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  • T. Kempa: Prawosławie i unia we wschodnich województwach WKL w końcu XVII w. pp. 5–10.
  • Блажейовський Д .: Ієрархія Київської церкви (861-1996). Львів: Каменяр, 1996. p. 281.

References

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  1. ^ Blazheyovsky D. Hierarchy of the Kievan Church (861-1996). - Lviv: Kamenyar, 1996. - P. 281.]
  2. ^ [В.А. Телова, З.И. Зуева, Уния в документах , Minsk 1997, p. 139.]
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