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Andrey Sheptytsky

1865 - 1944

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Andrey Sheptytsky OSBM (Polish: Andrzej Szeptycki; Ukrainian: Андрей Шептицький, romanized: Andrey Sheptytsky; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was a prelate and theologian of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who served as Metropolitan of Galicia and Archbishop of Lviv from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure in office spanned two world wars and six political regimes: Austrian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, Nazi German, and again Soviet. He was born as Roman Szeptycki in Prylbychi, a village outside of Lviv in Austrian Galicia, to on his father's side the Roman Catholic Szeptycki family who were part of the Polish szlachta (nobility) of Ruthenian origin, and on his mother's side to the very famous in Poland Fredro family, who also were part of the Roman Catholic Polish szlachta. Although he was baptized in the Latin Church, Sheptytsky joined the Greek-Catholic Order of Saint Basil the Great in 1888, and took the monastic name Andrey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrey Sheptytsky is the 1,764th most popular religious figure (down from 1,296th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 267th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Ukrainian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Andrey Sheptytsky ranks 1,764 out of 3,187. Before him are Josef Frings, Leo Joseph Suenens, Felix of Nola, Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Saint Homobonus, and Judoc. After him are William Wakefield Baum, Arturo Sosa, Julian of Norwich, Joachim III of Constantinople, Malo, and Charles de Bourbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Andrey Sheptytsky ranks 79. Before him are Said Halim Pasha, Eduardo di Capua, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Olga Paley, Aaron Kosminski, and Prince Kan'in Kotohito. After him are Max Fabiani, Hannah Chaplin, Isaac Israëls, Archibald Leitch, Max Nettlau, and J. Walter Christie. Among people deceased in 1944, Andrey Sheptytsky ranks 144. Before him are Nikolai Polikarpov, Bella Rosenfeld, Musa Cälil, Israel Joshua Singer, Felix Nussbaum, and Alberts Kviesis. After him are Helmut Lent, Tanya Savicheva, Carl Flesch, Wilhelm Falley, Joseph Caillaux, and Max Nettlau.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Andrey Sheptytsky ranks 356 out of 1,365. Before him are Anna Bilińska (1854), Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875), Fedor Emelianenko (1976), Tekla Juniewicz (1906), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), and Ludwik Fleck (1896). After him are Felix Blumenfeld (1863), Israel Zolli (1881), Anatoliy Bondarchuk (1940), Anna Sten (1908), Igor Sergeyev (1938), and Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ukraine

Among religious figures born in Ukraine, Andrey Sheptytsky ranks 13. Before him are Marian Jaworski (1926), Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Filaret (1929), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), and Tekla Juniewicz (1906). After him are John of Shanghai and San Francisco (1896), Anthony of Kiev (983), Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (1914), Onufriy (1944), Hilarion of Kiev (990), and Dimitry of Rostov (1651).

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