Mykola Skorodynskyi (Ukrainian: Микола Скородинський, Polish: Mikołaj Skorodyński; 15 January 1751 – 23 May 1805) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi from 1798 to 1805.
Mykola Skorodynskyi | |
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| Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| In office | 28 September 1798 – 23 May 1805 |
| Predecessor | Petro Bilyanskyi |
| Successor | Antin Anhelovych |
| Other post(s) | Rector of Lviv University (1804–1805) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 January 1782 (Priest) by Petro Bilyanskyi |
| Consecration | 10 March 1799 (Bishop) by Porfyriy Skarbek-Vazhynskyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mykola Mykhaylovych Skorodynskyi 15 January 1751 |
| Died | 23 May 1805 (aged 54) Lviv, Austrian Empire (present day Ukraine) |
Life
editBorn in Zboriv, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) in the family of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest Fr. Mykhaylo Skorodynskyi in 1751. He was ordained a priest on 6 January 1782 by Bishop Petro Bilyanskyi. He was a professor in the Lviv University and in the Lviv Theological Seminary and after – vice-rector in the same Seminary. Also served as a vicar general in his native Eparchy (1787–1798).[1]
He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi on 28 September 1798. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 10 March 1799. The principal consecrator was Bishop Porfyriy Skarbek-Vazhynskyi.[2]
He died in Lviv on 23 May 1805.
References
edit- ^ Блажейовський, Дмитро (1996). Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996). Львів: Каменяр. p. 270.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bishop Mikolaj Skorodynski †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 9 October 2017.