List of Catholic bishops of Lviv

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The Latin Church Archdiocese of Lviv was erected on August 28, 1412 in the city of Lwów (today Lviv). It serves as a metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. The principal patron of the Archdiocese is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy.

History

In 1909 Pope Pius X proclaimed the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland and Blessed Jakub Strzemię to be the patrons of the Lviv archdiocese. In 1910 the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland became the principal patron. Nowadays the principal patron is the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Mercy (NMP Łaskawa). The patron's day is celebrated on 1 April, the day when King of Poland Jan II Kazimierz Waza took an oath at the Lwów Cathedral in 1655, during "The Deluge," took vows of loyalty to God and declared the Mother of God to be the Queen of Poland.

List of Latin Catholic bishops of Lviv

Bishops of Lwów (Lviv)

1375–1380 Maciej
1384–1390 Bernard
1391–1409 bl. Jakub Strzemię (Jakub Strepa)
1410–1412 Mikołaj Trąba

Metropolitan Archbishops of Halicz (Halych)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lwow (Lviv)

In 1414 a metropolitan see was moved from Halych to Lviv. Diocese of Halicz was merged with diocese of Lwow.

1412–1436 Jan Rzeszowski
1437–1450 Jan Odrowąż
1451–1477 Gregory of Sanok
1480 Jan Długosz
1481–1488 Jan Strzelecki (Wątróbka)
1488–1503 Andrzej Boryszewski
1505–1540 Bernard Wilczek
1540–1554 Piotr Starzechowski
1555–1560 Feliks Ligęza
1561–1565 Paweł Tarło
1565–1575 Stanisław Słomowski
1576–1582 Jan Sieniński
1583–1603 Jan Dymitr Solikowski
1604–1614 Jan Zamojski
1614–1633 Jan Andrzej Próchnicki
1633–1645 Stanisław Grochowski
1645–1653 Mikołaj Krosnowski
1654–1669 Jan Tarnowski
1670–1677 Albert Koryciński
1681–1698 Konstanty Lipski
1700–1709 Konstanty Zieliński
1710–1711 Mikołaj Popoławski
1713–1733 Jan Skarbek
1737–1757 Mikołaj Gerard Wyżycki
1757 Mikołaj Dembowski
1758–1759 Władysław Aleksander Łubieński
1760–1780 Wacław Hieronim Sierakowski
1780–1797 Ferdynand Onufry Kicki
1797–1812 Kajetan Ignacy Kicki
1815–1833 Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz
1834–1835 Franz Xaver Luschin
1836–1846 František Pištěk
1847–1848 Václav Vilém Václavíček
1849–1858 Łukasz Baraniecki
1860–1884 Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski
1885–1900 Seweryn Morawski
1900–1923 st. Józef Bilczewski
1923–1944 Bolesław Twardowski

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lviv (and Ukraine de facto)

An attempt to liquidate the Catholic Church in Ukraine was made with the start of World War II in 1939 and partition of Poland between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union. After World War II and until fall of the Soviet Union, the Archdiocese of Lwów was centered in Lubaczów.

1944–1962 Eugeniusz Baziak
- 1962–1964 Michał Orliński (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1964–1973 Jan Nowicki (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1973–1983 Marian Rechowicz (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1983–1984 Stanisław Cały (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
- 1984–1991 Marian Jaworski (Apostolic Administrator in Lubaczów)
1991–2008 Marian Jaworski
2008–present Mieczysław Mokrzycki