Joseph Shumliansky | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Metropolis | Ruthenian Uniate Church Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' |
| Diocese | Lviv |
| See | Lviv |
| In office | 1700–1708 1668–1700 |
| Opposed to | Antonii Vynnytskyi |
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| Ordination | 1 February 1668 (bishop) by Sophronius of Philippopolis |
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| Born | c. 1643 |
| Died | 1708 |
| Buried | St. George Cathedral, Lviv |
| Denomination | Eastern Catholic Eastern Orthodox |
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Yosyf Shumlyansky (Ukrainian:Йосиф Іван Шумлянський,Polish:Józef Szumlański; 1643–1708) was anEastern Catholic (previously Orthodox) bishop of theEparchy of Lviv, Halych and Kamianets-Podilskyi (at the time in thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), best known for restoring unity with theHoly See in 1700.
Yosyf Shumlyansky fought withJan Sobieski in the defense ofVienna. In 1667, he was elected as Orthodox bishop ofLviv, but the see was contested until 1676.
When Yosyf was elected Orthodox bishop, the bishop ofPrzemyśl, Antonii, opposed him. Also, the Lviv fraternity opposed the candidacy, preferring instead their candidate Jeremiah, who was also ordained. On 1 February 1668, Yosyf Shumlyansky was ordained as Bishop of Lviv by Metropolitan Sophronius of Philippopolis, Exarch of Macedonia, Metropolitan Theophane of Chios and Cyclades, and bishop Daniel. There was a fierce struggle between the two bishops, Yosyf and Antonii, which lasted about five years. Only with the accession ofJan Sobieski to the Polish throne, a personal friend of Yosyf, did the latter manage to defeat his opponent.
In 1675, as Bishop of Lviv, he was appointed administrator to the Diocese of Kyiv. In 1677, after contacts with the papal nuncio inWarsaw, Yosyf Shumlyansky adoptedCatholicism. At a locale council in 1700, Yosyf and the clergy of his diocese joined theUnion of Brest under the leadership of theMetropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia —Lev Zalenskyj. The Lviv brotherhood first refused to follow the bishop and tried to remain Orthodox, but eventually relented and in 1708 also joined the union, directly subordinated to theRoman Curia.
Shumlyansky instructed the clergy to keep metrics, and he published instructions on how to behave in the church and outside it.
Shumlyansky was acquainted with the HetmansPetro Doroshenko andIvan Mazepa.
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