Peter Bielański

Petro Bilyanskyi
Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
In office30 October 1779 – 29 May 1798
PredecessorLev Sheptytskyi
SuccessorMykola Skorodynskyi
Other postAdministrator of Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok (1793–1796)
Orders
Ordinationc. 1760 (Priest)
Consecration23 September 1781 (Bishop)
by Jason Smogorzewski
Personal details
BornPetro Bilyanskyi
1736
Zhovkva, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
Died29 May 1798 (aged 61–62)
Lviv, Habsburg monarchy (present day Ukraine)
Coat of arms
Petro Bilyanskyi's coat of arms
Petro Bilyanskyi's coat of arms

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.

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 decanats.

He died in Lviv on 29 May 1798.

References

  1. 1 2 Pelesz, Julian (1881). Geschichte der Union der ruthenischen Kirche mit Rom (in German). Vol. 2. Würzburg-Wien. p. 682.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ "Bishop Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 11 October 2017.