His Eminence Michael Levytskyi | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Galicia, Archbishop of Lemberg | |
.jpg) | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 8 March 1816 |
| Term ended | 14 January 1858 |
| Predecessor | Antin Angelovych |
| Successor | Hryhory Yakhymovych |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1798 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 20 Sept 1813 (Bishop) by Antin Angelovych |
| Created cardinal | 16 June 1856 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 February 1774 |
| Died | 14 January 1858(1858-01-14) (aged 83) |
| Styles of Mykhailo Levytskyi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Kyiv and Halych |
Michael Levytsky (orLevytskyi orLevitsky (Ukrainian:Михайло Левицький,Polish:Michał Lewicki)); 17 February, 1774 – 14 January, 1858) was theMetropolitan Archbishop of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1816 until his death in 1858 and aCardinal of the Catholic Church. He was from a Ukrainian Greek Catholic sacerdotal family.
Mykhailo Levytskyi was born on 17 February 1774[1] atLanchyn, inPokuttya region, the son of Rev. Stefan Lewicki (sic), the Greek Catholic priest in Lanchyn and Maria (last name unknown). He was one of at least eight children born to Rev. Stefan and Maria. Mykhailo's older brother, Gregory, became a priest also and served the village of Prysowce (Ukr: Prysivtsi) as its Greek Catholic pastor. Mykhailo studied philosophy and theology inLviv and later inVienna where, after his (Priestly) ordination in 1798, he entered in force to the Greek Catholic parish of the St. Barbara and where he got a doctorate in theology. Returned toGalicia, became prefect of the Lviv TheologicalSeminary and later Professor of Scripture and Pastoral Theology at theUniversity of Lviv.[2]
In 1813, he was appointed bishop of theArcheparchy of Przemyśl and so consecratedBishop on 20 September 1813 by MetropolitanAntin Angelovych.[3] He participated in theCongress of Vienna.
On 17 August 1815 Mykhailo Levytskyi was designatedMetropolitan of Lviv by EmperorFrancis II of Austria and so confirmed byPope Pius VII on 8 March 1816.
He founded 383 parochial schools, cared for the publication of textbooks for them, and he supported the creation of educational associations of priests. Together with John Mohylnytskym he sought the introduction of teaching in theUkrainian language in schools in Eastern Galicia.Later defined as conservative, he was close to thePolish gentry circles, and enemy of modern trends in social and cultural life.During therevolution of 1848, he supported the creation of the Supreme Ruthenian Council, which supported theUkrainophile and pro-Habsburg positions of theWestern Ukrainian Clergy, and encouraged the clergy to work on the education of the people.
On 16 June 1856 he was createdCardinal priest byPope Pius IX. He died in theUniv Lavra on 14 January 1858.[4]
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Metropolitans of Galicia and Archbishop of Lemberg 1816–1858 | Succeeded byas administrator |
| Preceded by | Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria 1848–1858 | Title abolished |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok 1813–1816 | Succeeded by |
| Catholic Church titles | ||
| Preceded by | Cardinal Priest 1856–1858 | Succeeded by |
Ukrainian cardinals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
|  | |
History of thehierarchy of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitans of Galicia and Archbishops of Lemberg | |
| Metropolitans of Galicia and Major Archbishops of Lviv | |
| Major Archbishops of Kyiv-Galicia | |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
