Diocese of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow)

Historical Details

• Diocese of Kyiv and Chernihiv (Kijów and Czernihow)
  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 1638
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ukraine

• Diocese of Kyiv (Kijów)
  • Latin Name: Kioviensis seu Chioviensis
  • Erected: 1321
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lviv
  • Country: Ukraine

Past Ordinaries

• Heinrich von Porwalle, O.P. † (15 Dec 1320 Appointed - 1334 Died)
• Jakub , O.P. † ( 1350 Appointed - 1377 Died)
• Michele Trestka, O.P. † (19 Nov 1410 Appointed - )
• Stanislas Martini † (19 Nov 1431 Appointed - )
• Jan † (29 Oct 1477 Appointed - 1487 Died)
• Michael de Leopoli, O.P. † (22 Jun 1487 Appointed - 1495 Died)
• Bartolomaeus Solozuyky † (25 May 1495 Appointed - 1520 Died)
• Jan Philip Wyczi † (4 Jul 1520 Appointed - 1526 Died)
• Nicolas Wilgaito † (1 Jun 1526 Appointed - 15 Feb 1531 Appointed, Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź))
• Jerzy Gizyki (Talat) † (1 May 1532 Appointed - 1533 Died)
• Franciszek ze Lwowa † (11 Feb 1534 Appointed - 26 Apr 1536 Died)
• Jan Andruszewicz † (27 Aug 1546 Appointed - 13 Apr 1556 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
• Mikołaj Pac † ( 1564 Confirmed - 1584 Resigned)
• Józef Wereszczyński † (5 Jun 1592 Appointed - 1599 Died)
• Krzysztof Kazimirski † (5 May 1599 Appointed - 15 Jun 1618 Died)
• Bogusław Radoszewski † (17 Jan 1619 Appointed - 6 Jun 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
• Andrzej Szołdrski † (9 Jan 1634 Appointed - 13 Aug 1635 Appointed, Bishop of Przemyśl)
• Alexander Sokołowski † (21 Jul 1636 Appointed - 9 May 1645 Died)
• Stanisław Zaremba, O. Cist. † (23 Apr 1646 Appointed - 3 Aug 1653 Died)
• Jan Leszczyński † (21 Apr 1655 Appointed - 10 Jan 1656 Appointed, Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm))
• Tomasz Wieyski (Ujejski) † (3 Apr 1656 Appointed - 12 Jun 1679 Resigned)
• Jan Stanisław Witwicki † (12 Jun 1679 Appointed - 25 May 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk (Łuck))
• Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † (15 Nov 1683 Appointed - 15 Oct 1692 Appointed, Bishop of Płock)
• Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki † (25 Feb 1697 Appointed - 18 May 1699 Appointed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Jan Gomoliński † (30 Mar 1700 Appointed - Sep 1714 Died)
• Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski † (29 May 1715 Appointed - 1717 Died)
• Jan Joachim Tarło † (5 Dec 1718 Appointed - 15 Mar 1723 Confirmed, Bishop of Poznań)
• Samuel Jan Ożga † (27 Sep 1723 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1756 Died)
• Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk † (19 Apr 1756 Succeeded - 12 Feb 1759 Confirmed, Bishop of Kraków)
• Józef Andrzej Załuski † (24 Sep 1759 Confirmed - 7 Jan 1774 Died)
• Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, O.F.M. Conv. † (7 Jan 1774 Succeeded - 7 Aug 1784 Died)
• Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (7 Aug 1784 Succeeded - 17 Nov 1798 Appointed, Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz))

Historical Summary

Affiliated People, Living

• None

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Affiliated People, Deceased

• Jan Andruszewicz † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1546 to 13 Apr 1556)
• Valentinus Matthias Arcemberski † (Bishop: 29 May 1715 to 1717)
• Stanislaus Giannotti, C.R.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Dec 1659)
• Jerzy Gizyki (Talat) † (Bishop: 1 May 1532 to 1533)
• Jan Gomoliński † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1700 to Sep 1714)
• Krzysztof Kazimirski † (Bishop: 5 May 1599 to 15 Jun 1618)
• Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (Coadjutor Bishop: 29 May 1775; Bishop: 7 Aug 1784 to 17 Nov 1798)
• Józef Antoni Łaszcz † (Coadjutor Bishop: 7 Aug 1741 to 31 Jan 1748)
• Michael de Leopoli, O.P. † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1487 to 1495)
• Jan Leszczyński † (Bishop: 21 Apr 1655 to 10 Jan 1656)
• Franciszek ze Lwowa † (Bishop: 11 Feb 1534 to 26 Apr 1536)
• Stanislas Martini † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1431)
• Józef Michał Ignacy Franciszek Olędzki, Sch. P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1763 to 2 Mar 1781)
• Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński, O.F.M. Conv. † (Coadjutor Bishop: 20 Dec 1773; Bishop: 7 Jan 1774 to 7 Aug 1784)
• Samuel Jan Ożga † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1723 to 19 Apr 1756)
• Mikołaj Pac † (Bishop: 1564 to 1584)
• Michal Pałucki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1791)
• Heinrich von Porwalle, O.P. † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1320 to 1334)
• Bogusław Radoszewski † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1619 to 6 Jun 1633)
• Alexander Sokołowski † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1636 to 9 May 1645)
• Bartolomaeus Solozuyky † (Bishop: 25 May 1495 to 1520)
• Kajetan Ignacy Sołtyk † (Coadjutor Bishop: 22 Sep 1749; Bishop: 19 Apr 1756 to 12 Feb 1759)
• Mikołaj Stanisław Święcicki † (Bishop: 25 Feb 1697 to 18 May 1699)
• Andrzej Szołdrski † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1634 to 13 Aug 1635)
• Jan Joachim Tarło † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1718 to 15 Mar 1723)
• Michele Trestka, O.P. † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1410)
• Antoni Dominik Tyszkiewicz † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jul 1739 to 16 Sep 1740)
• Józef Wereszczyński † (Bishop: 5 Jun 1592 to 1599)
• Tomasz Wieyski (Ujejski) † (Bishop: 3 Apr 1656 to 12 Jun 1679)
• Nicolas Wilgaito † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1526 to 15 Feb 1531)
• Jan Stanisław Witwicki † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1679 to 25 May 1682)
• Jan Philip Wyczi † (Bishop: 4 Jul 1520 to 1526)
• Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski † (Bishop: 15 Nov 1683 to 15 Oct 1692)
• Józef Andrzej Załuski † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1759 to 7 Jan 1774)
• Franciszek Remigiusz Zambrzycki † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1781 to 1826)
• Stanisław Zaremba, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1646 to 3 Aug 1653)
• Jakub , O.P. † (Bishop: 1350 to 1377)
• Jan † (Bishop: 29 Oct 1477 to 1487)

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