Mykola Skorodynskyi Explained

Mykola Skorodynskyi
Birth Name:Mykola Mykhaylovych Skorodynskyi
Birth Date:15 January 1751
Birth Place:Zboriv, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)
Death Place:Lviv, Austrian Empire (present day Ukraine)
Bishop Of:Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi
Ordination:6 January 1782 (Priest)
Ordained By:Petro Bilyanskyi
Consecration:10 March 1799 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Porfyriy Skarbek-Vazhynskyi
Term:28 September 1798 – 23 May 1805
Predecessor:Petro Bilyanskyi
Successor:Antin Anhelovych
Other Post:Rector of Lviv University (1804–1805)

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.

Life

Born 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.

He died in Lviv on 23 May 1805.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Блажейовський, Дмитро . Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996). 1996 . Львів: Каменяр . 270.