Ivan Stupnytskyi

Ivan Stupnytskyi
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
In office	20 October 1872 – 22 December 1890
Predecessor	Joseph Sembratovych, as Ap. Administrator
Successor	Julian Sas-Kuilovsky, as Ap. Administrator
Orders
Ordination	9 June 1842 (Priest) by Hryhoriy Yakhymovych
Consecration	20 October 1872 (Bishop) by Joseph Sembratovych
Personal details
Born	Ivan Saturnin Stupnytskyi (1816-10-16)16 October 1816 Sukhorichya, Austrian Empire
Died	22 December 1890(1890-12-22) (aged 74) Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary Empire

Ivan Stupnytskyi (Ukrainian: Іван Сатурнін Ступницький, Polish: Jan Saturnin Stupnicki; 16 October 1816 – 22 December 1890) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1872 to 1890.

Born in Sukhorichya, Austrian Empire (present day – Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) in the family of judge Andriy and his wife Anastasiya (née Bilyavska) Stupnytskti in 1816. He was ordained a priest on 9 June 1842 by Bishop Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He worked as a Cancellor of the Greek-Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv from 1858 to 1872.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok on 8 September 1872. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 20 October 1872. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Joseph Sembratovych with 3 another co-consecrators.[2]

He died in Przemyśl on 22 December 1890.

References

1. "† Ks. Jan Saturnus Stupnicki". Gazeta Przemyska. Vol. 103. Przemyśl. 24 December 1890. p. 1.
2. "Bishop Ivan (Jan Saturnin) Stupnyckyj (Stupnicki)". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-06-25.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Joseph Sembratovych, as Ap. Administrator	Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok 1872–1890	Succeeded by Julian Sas-Kuilovsky, as Ap. Administrator