His Eminence Sylwester Sembratowicz | |
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| Metropolitan of Galicia, Archbishop of Lemberg | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 27 March 1885 |
| Installed | 5 May 1885 |
| Term ended | 4 August 1898 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Sembratovych |
| Successor | Julian Sas-Kuilovsky |
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| Ordination | 1 November 1860 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 20 April 1879 (Bishop) by Joseph Sembratovych |
| Created cardinal | 29 November 1895 byPope Leo XIII |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio |
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| Born | 3 September 1836 |
| Died | 4 August 1898(1898-08-04) (aged 61) |
Sylwester Sembratowicz (Ukrainian:Sylvester Sembratovych/Сильвестр Сембратович; 3 September 1836 – 4 August 1898) was theMetropolitan Archbishop of theUkrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1885 until his death in 1898 and aCardinal of the Catholic Church.
Sylwester Sembratowicz was born on 3 September 1836, in the village ofDesznica, in south-easternPoland.[1] He studied inVienna and inLviv. From 1854 he moved for the academic studies in the Greek College of St. Athanasius,Rome, where he was ordained as apriest on 1 November 1860 and he obtained a doctorate in theology in 1861. He remained in Rome until 1863 when he returned toGalicia and was appointed to serve in the village ofTylicz.[2] He worked also in Greek-RuthenianSeminary of Lviv until 1865, when he was appointed professor of theology in theUniversity of Lviv, an assignment he kept till 1879.[3]
On 20 April 1879 he was consecratedauxiliary bishop of theArcheparchy of Lviv by his uncle, the Archbishop of LvivJoseph Sembratowicz.[3] When his uncle resigned in 1882, Sylwester Sembratowicz was appointedapostolic administrator. On 27 March 1885 he was formally appointed Archbishop of Lviv, i.e. the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and he was enthroned on 5 May 1885. As Primate, he reformed theBasilian Monastic Order, published vernacular prayer books and held asynod in 1891.
In June 1893 he was attacked in Lviv by a mob of students who were protesting his visit with thePope. Sylwester Sembratowicz and another bishop were both injured, and the attack resulted in 19 arrests.[4]
On 29 November 1895 he was createdcardinal priest byPope Leo XIII[5] and he was assigned thetitular church ofSanto Stefano al Monte Celio on 25 June 1896. He died in Lviv on 4 August 1898.[3]
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| Preceded by | Metropolitans of Galicia and Archbishop of Lemberg (as apostolic administrator since 1882) 1885—1898 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Cardinal Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio 25 June 1896 – 4 August 1898 | Succeeded by |
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