Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (1901–1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (Polish: Andrzej Szeptycki; Ukrainian: Митрополит Андрей Шептицький, romanized: Mytropolyt Andrei Sheptytskyi; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv and Metropolitan of Halych from 1901 until his death in 1944.[2] His tenure in office spanned two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, Nazi German, and again Soviet.
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Andrey Sheptytsky | |
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Metropolitan Galicia, Archbishop of Lviv (Lemberg) | |
Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Appointed | 12 December 1900 |
Installed | 17 January 1901 |
Term ended | 1 November 1944 |
Predecessor | Metropolitan Archbishop Julian Sas-Kuilovsky |
Successor | Cardinal Josyf Slipyj |
Orders | |
Ordination | 22 August 1892 |
Consecration | 17 September 1899 by Metropolitan Archbishop Julian Sas-Kuilovsky |
Personal details | |
Born | Roman Aleksander Maria Sheptytsky 29 July 1865 |
Died | November 1, 1944(1944-11-01) (aged 79) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Buried | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv, Ukraine 49°50′19.48″N 24°0′46.19″E |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
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I am Ukrainian from my grandfather, great-grandfather. And our church and our holy ritual I love with all my heart devoting to the Lord's affair my whole life. So I know that in this regard I could not be foreign to people who have given their heart and soul for the same cause.
Andrey Sheptytsky, Pastoral letters, 2 August 1899.[1]
According to the church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky was the most influential figure ...in the entire history of the Ukrainian Church in the twentieth century".[3] The Lviv National Museum, founded by Sheptytsky in 1905, now bears his name.
The Information-Resource Center of the Ukrainian Catholic University that was opened in September 2017 also bears his name — The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center.[4]