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Joseph Velamin-Rutski
Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (1614–1637) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Velamin-Rutski (born as Ivan Velyaminov; Belarusian: Язэп Руцкі, Russian: Иосиф Рутский, Ukrainian: Йосиф Рутський, Polish: Józef Welamin Rucki[1]) - (1574 – 5 April 1637) was the "Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia"[lower-alpha 1] in the Ruthenian Uniate Church — a sui juris Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. He reigned from 1613 to 1637. He worked to build the Greek Catholic Church in the first few decades after the Union of Brest of 1596; he also reformed the Basilian monks.[2]
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Josephus Velamin-Rutski (Язэп Вельямін-Руцкі) | |
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Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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Church | Ruthenian Uniate Church |
Appointed | 5 April 1614 |
Term ended | 5 February 1637 |
Predecessor | Hypatius Pociej |
Successor | Raphael Korsak |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1608 (Priest) |
Consecration | June 1611 (Bishop) by Hypatius Pociej |
Personal details | |
Born | Jan Rutski 1574 Ruta in Belarus |
Died | 5 February 1637 (aged 62–63) Derman', in Volhynia |
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