Leon Dubrawski Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski
Honorific Suffix:O.F.M.
Native Name:Максиміліан Леон Дубравський
Native Name Lang:Ukrainian
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Kamyanets-Podilskyi
See:Kamyanets-Podilskyi
Appointed:4 May 2002
Term Start:3 July 2002
Predecessor:Jan Olszanski
Ordination:29 May 1983
Ordained By:Julijans Vaivods
Consecration:27 June 1998
Consecrated By:Marian Jaworski
Birth Name:Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski
Birth Date:1949 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Dubovets, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Previous Post:Titular Bishop of Trofimiana (1998-2002)
Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilsky (1998-2002)
Motto:Pax et bonum
("Peace and Good")
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Maksymilian Leonid Dubrawski.svg

Maximilian Leon Dubrawski (Ukrainian: Максиміліан Леон Дубравський; born 1 July 1949) is the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi.[1]

Life

Dubrawski was born near Zhytomyr, present day Ukraine.[2] In 1978 he entered the seminary in Riga. On 31 August 1982 he joined the Franciscan Order (then province Bernardine). He was ordained on 29 May 1983 in Riga, Latvia from Cardinal Julijans Vaivods. On 21 August 1986 he made his final vows. From 1983 to 1993 Dubrawski was pastor in Khmilnyk and the superior of the Custody of the Holy Franciscan Order of St. Michael the Archangel (Bernardine) in Ukraine.

On 7 April 1998 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop in Kamianets-Podilskyi.[2] On 27 June 1998, received episcopal consecration at the hands of Cardinal Marian Jaworski. After the acceptance of the resignation of Bishop Jan Olszanski on 4 May 2002 he was appointed bishop - the Bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi. In 2008 he was appointed vice chairman of the Ukrainian Episcopate.[3]

His episcopal motto is "Pax et bonum" - Peace and Good.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Plaque unveiled in Khmelnytskyi in memory of Lech Kaczynski . . 12 May 2011 . 29 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120529031417/http://nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148 . 29 May 2012 . dead .
  2. News: W Tarnowie gości ordynariusz kamieniecko - podolski . Bishop of Kamianets-Podilskyi visits Tarnow . . 24 January 2009 . 29 May 2012 . Polish .
  3. News: Kościół katolicki na terenach dawnego ZSRR . The Catholic Church in the territory of the former USSR . https://archive.today/20120906143102/http://www.niedziela.pl/wiad.php?p=200812&idw=31 . dead . 6 September 2012 . Niedziela . 2 December 2008 . 29 May 2012 . Polish .