Former Ukrainian Diocese of

Žyrovyci

Lithuania Lithuania

Continent: East Europe

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Žyrovyci (lietuvių kalba)

Suppressed

History

Past Ordinaries

Bishops of Žyrovyci (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Józef Siemaszko
(1833.04.02 – 1839.02.12)

Born:1798.12.25 (Stary Pawlówek, Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:1821.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:1829.08.16
Died:1869.11.27 (Vilnius, Lithuania † 70)

Auxiliary Bishop of Płock (Poland) (1829.04.21 – 1833.04.02)

Bishop of Žyrovyci of the Ukrainians (Lithuania) (1833.04.02 – 1839.02.12)

Archbishop Josafat Bułhak, O.S.B.M.
(1828 – 1833.04.14)

Born:1758.03.20
Ordained Priest:1785.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:1790.09.26
Died:1838.03.09 (St. Petersburg, Russia † 79)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pinsk–Turaŭ of the Ukrainians (Belarus) (1787.04.24 – 1793.09.01)

Bishop of Pinsk–Turaŭ of the Ukrainians (Belarus) (1793.09.01 – 1795)

Bishop of Volodymyr–Brėst of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1798.10.12 – 1818.09.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Vilnius of the Ukrainians (Lithuania) (1814 – 1818)

Apostolic Administrator of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1817.01.27 – 1818.09.22)

Bishop of Vilnius of the Ukrainians (Lithuania) (1818 – 1833.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kyiv of the Ukrainians (Ukraine) (1818.09.22 – 1838.03.09)

Bishop of Žyrovyci of the Ukrainians (Lithuania) (1828 – 1833.04.14)

Archbishop of Polatsk–Vitebsk of the Ukrainians (Belarus) (1833.04.14 – 1838.03.09)

Former Prelates

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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