Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa, Poland 🇵🇱 (Ukrainian Rite)

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Przemyśl–Warszawa (polski) / Przemysl–Warsaw (English) / Przemyśl–Varsavia (Italiano) / Premislien(sis)–Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Olsztyn–Gdańsk, Wrocław–Koszalin

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1609: Established as Diocese of Przemyśl / Premislien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini (Latin) (became suffragan of Kyiv–Halyč)
1807.02.22: Became suffragan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets
1934.02.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Łemkowszczyzna
1991.01.16: Gained territory from the suppressed Apostolic Exarchate of Łemkowszczyzna
1996.05.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Przemyśl–Warszawa (polski) / Przemysl–Warsaw (English) / Przemyśl–Varsavia (Italiano) / Premislien(sis)–Varsavien(sis) ritus byzantini ucraini (Latin)
1996.06.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wrocław–Gdańsk and gained suffragan see Wrocław–Gdańsk
2020.11.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Olsztyn–Gdańsk and gained suffragan see Olsztyn–Gdańsk

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1987.06, 1999.06)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.11.07 – ...):

Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Przemyśl–Warszawa (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (64)
(2015.11.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Гдѣ просвѣщенїе мое и спаситель мой, кого убоюся

Born:	1961.10.12 (Człuchów, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1986.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.21

Priest of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1986.10.17 – 2013.11.04)

Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia (2013.11.04 – 2015.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland) (2013.11.04 – 2015.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland) (2015.11.07 – ...)

Archbishop Jan Martyniak (86)
(1996.05.24 – 2015.11.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland)

Preswiataja Bohorodyce, spasy nas

Born:	1939.06.20 (Spas, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.16

Priest of Wrocław (Poland) (1964.06.29 – 1989.07.20)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1989.07.20 – 1991.01.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1989.07.20 – 1991.01.16)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1991.01.16 – 1996.05.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl–Warszawa of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1996.05.24 – 2015.11.07)

Bishops of Przemyśl (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Jan Martyniak (86) (later Archbishop)
(1991.01.16 – 1996.05.24)

(see above)

Bishop Ivan Choma
(1949.06.29 – 1991.01.16)

Born:	1923.11.27 (Chyriv, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.02
Died:	2006.02.03 (Roma, Italy † 82)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1949.06.29 – 1991.01.16)

Procurator at Rome of the Ukrainians (1996 – 2003)

Titular Bishop of Patara (1996.02.22 – 2006.02.03)

Blessed Bishop Yosafat Kotsylovs’kyi (Йосафат Коциловський), O.S.B.M.
(1917.01.29 – 1947.11.17)

Born:	1876.03.03 (Pakoszowka, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1907.10.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.09.23
Died:	1947.11.17 🩸 (Kiev, Ukraine † 71)
Beatified:	2001.06.27 (Lviv, Ukraine)
Feast:	11.17

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1917.01.29 – 1947.11.17)

Bishop and religious of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat. Martyr.

Bishop Konstantyn Czechowicz
(1896.11.17 – 1915.04.28)

Born:	1847.01.03 (Devyatyr, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1873.01.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.02.21
Died:	1915.04.28 († 68)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1896.11.17 – 1915.04.28)

Bishop Yulian Peleš
(1891.09.22 – 1896.04.22)

Born:	1843.01.03 (Smerekowiec, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1867.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.11.01
Died:	1896.04.22 († 53)

Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1885 – 1891.09.22)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1891.09.22 – 1896.04.22)

Bishop Giovanni Stupnicki
(1872.09.08 – 1890.12.22)

Born:	1816.10.13 (Sukhorichya, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1842.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1872.10.20
Died:	1890.12.22 († 74)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1872.09.08 – 1890.12.22)

Archbishop Josyf Sembratovyc
(Apostolic Administrator 1867.10.01 – 1870.06.27)

Bishop Tomasz Polański
(1860.03.23 – 1867.10.01)

Born:	1796.10.15 (Bartne, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1819
Consecrated Bishop:	1860.12.02
Died:	1869.11.11 († 73)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1860.03.23 – 1867.10.01)

Bishop Grzegorz Jachimowicz (later Archbishop)
(1848.09.05 – 1860.03.23)

Born:	1792.02.16 (Podborze, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1816.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1841.11.21
Died:	1863.05.01 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Pompeiopolis (1840.07.15 – 1848.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1840.07.15 – 1848.09.05)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1848.09.05 – 1860.03.23)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1860.03.23 – 1863.05.01)

Bishop Jan Śnigurski
(1818 – 1847)

Born:	1784.05.18 (Brzesciany, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1807.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1818.08.30
Died:	1847.08.24 († 63)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1818 – 1847)

Bishop Mihail Lewicki (later Cardinal)
(1813.09.20 – 1816.03.08)

Born:	1774.02.17 (Pokucie, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1798
Consecrated Bishop:	1813.09.20
Created Cardinal:	1856.06.16
Died:	1858.01.14 (Univ, Ukraine † 83)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1813.09.20 – 1816.03.08)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1816.03.08 – 1858.01.14)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1856.06.16 – 1858.01.14)

Bishop Antoni Angelowicz (later Archbishop)
(1796.02.14 – 1808.03.16)

Born:	1759.04.13 (Hryniv, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1783.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1796.02.14
Died:	1814.06.06 († 55)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1796.02.14 – 1808.03.16)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1808.03.16 – 1808.09.26)

Metropolitan of Lviv–Halyč–Kamyanets of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1808.09.26 – 1814.06.06)

Bishop Maksymilian Ryłło, O.S.B.M.
(1784 – 1793.11.22)

Born:	1719.09.21 (Borosowszczyzna, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1742.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1759.02.24
Died:	1793.11.22 († 74)

Bishop of Chełm–Bełz of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1758 – 1784)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1784 – 1793.11.22)

Bishop Atanazy Andrzej Szeptycki
(1762.11.08 – 1779)

Born:	1723.11.26
Ordained Priest:	1748.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1762.09.19
Died:	1779.06.07 († 55)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1762.11.08 – 1779)

Bishop Onufry Szumlański
(1746 – 1762)

Consecrated Bishop:	1744.11.22
Died:	1762.04.20

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1746 – 1762)

Bishop Hieronim Ustrzycki
(1715 – 1746)

Born:	1658
Consecrated Bishop:	1715.12.17
Died:	1748.10.12 († 89)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1715 – 1746)

Bishop Jurij Vynnyckyj, O.S.B.M. (later Archbishop)
(1700 – 1710.05.07)

Born:	1660.07.24 (Przemyśl, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1700.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1700.06.06
Died:	1713.09.22 († 53)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1700 – 1710.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv–Halyč of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1710.05.07 – 1713.09.22)

Bishop Innokentiy Ivan Vynnytskyi, O.S.B.M.
(1691.06.23 – 1700.02.24)

Born:	1654.02.20 (Urizh, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1679.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1680.12.01
Died:	1700.02.24 († 46)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1691.06.23 – 1700.02.24)

Bishop Jan Małachowski
(1670 – 1691)

Consecrated Bishop:	1671.06.21
Died:	1693

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1670 – 1691)

Bishop of Chełm–Bełz of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1691 – 1693)

Bishop Antoni Terlecki
(1664.02.22 – 1669.12.28)

Born:	1624?
Consecrated Bishop:	1665?
Died:	1669.12.28 († 44)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1664.02.22 – 1669.12.28)

Bishop Prokop Chmielowski
(1652.05.06 – 1664.02.22)

Born:	1600?
Consecrated Bishop:	1651.03.12
Died:	1664.02.22 († 63)

Coadjutor Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1651 – 1652.05.06)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1652.05.06 – 1664.02.22)

Bishop Aleksander Atanazy Krupecki
(1609.09.15 – 1652.05.06?)

Born:	1570?
Consecrated Bishop:	1610.06.20
Died:	1652.05.06? († 81)

Bishop of Przemyśl of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1609.09.15 – 1652.05.06?)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Prokop Chmielowski (1651 – 1652.05.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pavlo Ovlučynškyj (1637 – 1649.01.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eugeniusz Mirosław Popowicz (64) (later Archbishop) (2013.11.04 – 2015.11.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jan Martyniak (86) (later Archbishop) (1989.07.20 – 1991.01.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Blessed Bishop Hryhorii Lakota (Григорій Лакота) (1926.02.10 – 1950.11.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julian Kuiłovskyi (later Archbishop) (1890.06.26 – 1891.09.22)