Former Ukrainian Apostolic Exarchate of

Łemkowszczyzna

Poland Poland

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Apostolic Exarchate Apostolic Exarchate

Name: Łemkowszczyzna (polski) / Lemkivshchyna (English) / Lemkovszczyznæn(sis) (Latin)

Suppressed

Notes: Abolished by the Communist regime of Poland in 1947

History

Past Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite)

Msgr. Oleksandr Malynowskyj
(1941.02.05 – 1945.09)

Born:1889.01.12 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1925
Died:1957.11.18 († 68)

Apostolic Exarch of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1941.02.05 – 1945.09)

Apostolic Administrators of Łemkowszczyzna (Ukrainian Rite)

Fr. Yakiv Medweckyj
(1936.07.03 – 1941.01.27)

Born:1880.01.07 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1905.04.07
Died:1941.01.27 († 61)

Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1936.07.03 [1936.10.03] – 1941.01.27)

Fr. Vasyl Mastsiukh (Maścjuch)
(1934.11.17 – 1936.03.12)

Born:1873.03.30 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1899.11.12
Died:1936.03.12 († 62)

Apostolic Administrator of Łemkowszczyzna of the Ukrainians (Poland) (1934.11.17 – 1936.03.12)

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