Florian Hrebnicki
Florian Hrebnicki (born as Franciszek Hrebnicki; Polish: Florian Hrebnicki; 1683 – 18 July 1762) was a bishop of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, Metropolitan bishop of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia.
On 14 March 1716 Hrebnicki was ordained by Primate of the Uniate church Leo Kiszka as a archbishop of Polock.
On 16 December 1748 he was confirmed as the Metropolitan bishop of Kiev, Galicia, and all Ruthenia.
He consecrated following bishops Maksymilian Rylo and Theodosius Godebski.
Hrebnicki died in 1762 at a residence of the Polotsk Archbishops that he built in village of Strunie (today in Polotsk District).
References[]
- Florian Hrebnicki at the catholic-hierarchy.org
- Sas, P. Florian Hrebnicki (ГРЕБНИЦЬКИЙ ФЛОРІЯН МИХАЙЛОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2004
Categories:
- 1683 births
- 1762 deaths
- People from Vitebsk Voivodeship
- Ruthenian nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Leaders of the Ruthenian Uniate Church
- Order of Saint Basil the Great
- Uniate archbishops of Polotsk
- Belarusian people stubs