Bishop Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Oct 1914		Born
16 Aug 1935	20.8	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
14 Oct 1945	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
2 Apr 1977	62.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop
22 Jan 1978	63.2	Died	Bishop

MicroData Summary
Stepan Chmil
Bishop Stepan Chmil S.D.B.
(born 10 Oct 1914, died 22 Jan 1978)
Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sudova Vyshnya, Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
Ordained Priest Ukrainian Minor, Seminary, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Studion, Monastery, Grottaferrata, Suburbicarian See of Albano, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Santa Sofia, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 32.2 years
a bishop for .8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Ivan Bučko (Buchko) †
Titular Bishop of Cadi
Principal Consecrator:
Josyf Cardinal Slipyj †
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Assisted by:
Father Ivan Muzychka †
Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Josyf Cardinal Slipyj † (1939)
Major Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (1899)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi † (1890)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1879)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

External Link(s):

VIAF: 314790970
WikiData: Q920310

Source(s):

bd/op/ob/c2+/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 157, Number 13,626
bp/prof/c1/d: CB, 5 Mar 2015
c23/loc: CB, 30 Sep 2026

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