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Toma Polianśkyj

1796 – 1869

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Lived 1796 – 1869 (aged 73). Toma Polianśkyj was a politician, catholic priest and catholic bishop.

Toma Polyanskyi (, ; 15 October 1796 – 11 November 1869) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in a present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1860 to 1867.

Born in Bartne, Habsburg monarchy (present day – Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland) in the family of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest Toma Sr. and his wife Kateryna (née Petrykivska) in 1796. He was ordained a priest in 1819 by Bishop Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He worked as a Vicar General of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1856 to 1860.

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok on 23 March 1860. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 2 December 1860. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He resigned as Eparchial Bishop by health reasons on 1 October 1867.

He died in Przemyśl on 11 November 1869.

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Positions held
Member of the Diet of Galicia and Lodomeria, Diocesan bishop
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Who was Toma Polianśkyj?

politician

When was Toma Polianśkyj born?

Toma Polianśkyj was born on 15 October 1796 in Bartne.

When did Toma Polianśkyj die?

Toma Polianśkyj died on 30 October 1869 in Przemyśl.

What was Toma Polianśkyj's occupation?

Toma Polianśkyj was a politician, catholic priest and catholic bishop.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Toma Polianśkyj

· Wikidata: Q9359116

· DBpedia: Toma Polyanskyi

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