Peter Bielański Explained

Petro Bilyanskyi
Birth Name:Petro Bilyanskyi
Birth Date:1736
Birth Place:Zhovkva, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Death Date:29 May 1798 (aged 61–62)
Death Place:Lviv, Habsburg monarchy (present day Ukraine)
Bishop Of:Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi
Ordination: (Priest)
Consecration:23 September 1781 (Bishop)
Consecrated By:Jason Smogorzewski
Term:30 October 1779 – 29 May 1798
Predecessor:Lev Sheptytskyi
Successor:Mykola Skorodynskyi
Other Post:Administrator of Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok (1793–1796)
Coat Of Arms:Bielański POL COA.svg

Peter Bielański (Ukrainian: Петро Білянський, Polish: Piotr Bielański; 1736 – 29 May 1798) 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 Zhovkva, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) in a bourgeois family in 1736. He was ordained a priest and become a Canon of the St. George's Cathedral, Lviv until his election as bishop.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi on 30 October 1779. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 23 September 1781. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Yason Smohozhevskyi.

With his assistance, a seminary for the Greek Catholics was opened in Lviv on 30 August 1783. A clarification of the limits of the eparchy was made, its division into the .[1]

He died in Lviv on 29 May 1798.

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pelesz, Julian . Geschichte der Union der ruthenischen Kirche mit Rom. German. 1881 . Würzburg-Wien . 2. 682.