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{{Short description|Former Eastern Catholic eparchy in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth}}
{{About|the bishopric in the Ruthenian Unite Church|other denominatons|Bishop of Smolensk (disambiguation){{!}}Bishop of Smolensk}}
[[File:Cathedral_of_the_Dormition_in_Smolensk.jpg | thumb | right | Assumption Cathedral (Smolensk)]]
The '''Ruthenian Catholic Archeparchy of Smolensk''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Smolenscensis Ruthenorum}}, {{langx|pl|Arcybiskupstwo smoleńskie}}) was an [[archeparchy]] of the [[Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia (Ruthenian Uniate Church)|Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Ruthenia]] in the [[Ruthenian Uniate Church]] from 1625 to 1778. It was situated in the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] in what is today the [[Smolensk Oblast]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. It used the [[Byzantine Rite]] in its services. It was also known as the '''Ruthenian Catholic Archdiocese of Smolensk''' or '''Smoleńsk of the Ruthenians'''.
== History ==
It was established in 1625 on [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] territory, previously without proper Ruthenian Catholic jurisdiction. Earlier in 1611, after Smolensk was occupied by the Polish army in the same year, there was established the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Smolensk]] but in 1654 Smolensk returned to be a Russian city and both the Roman Catholic and the Greek Catholic Bishops had to go in the Polish territory. The Ruthenian Uniate  Eparchy became a titular see.
It was suppressed in 1778, without a successor jurisdiction, at its last incumbent's death (territory formally united to the [[Archeparchy of Polotsk-Vitebsk (Ruthenian Uniate Church)|Archeparchy of Polotsk-Vitebsk]]).
==Episcopal ordinaries==
;'' Eparchs (Archbishops) of Smolensk
* Leo Kreuza-Revuskyj = Lev Revuckyj Krevza, a Vilnius [[Archmandrite]] (1625 – death 1639)
* Andrej Kvasninskyj-Zlotyj = Andrzej Kwaśniński-Złoty (1640 – 1654), next Bishop of [[Pinsk-Turaŭ of the Ruthenians]] (in [[Belarus]]) (1654 – death 1665)
* Michael Pashkovskyj = Myxajlo Paškovskyj (1666 – death 1670)
* Mytrofan Drutskyj Sokolynskyj = Mytrofan Druckyj Sokolynskyj (1671 – death 1690)
* Jurij Malejevskyj (1690 – death 1696)
* Joasaphat Hutorovych = Josafat Hutorovyč (1697 – death 1702)
* Gedeon Shumljanskyj = Hedeon Šumljanškyj (1703 – death 1705)
* Michael Tarnovskyj = Myxajlo Tarnovskyj (1714? – death 1718.02.18)
* Leo Drutskyj Sokolynskyj = Lavrentij Druckyj Sokolynskyj, [[Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat]] (O.S.B.M.) (1719 – death 1727.05.15)
* Antin Tomylovyc = Antin Tomylovyč (1736? – death 1745.04.23)
* Tsezarij Stebnovskyj = Cezarij Stebnovskyj (1757? – death 1762)
* Heraclius Lisanski = Iraklij Lisanski (1763 – death 1771.03.14)
* Josyf Lepkovskyj (1771.03.14 – death 1778), succeeding as former [[Coadjutor Bishop]] of Smoleńsk of the Ruthenians (? – 1771.03.14)
== See also ==
* [[List of Catholic dioceses in Russia]]
== Sources and external links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/smol1.htm GCatholic]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ds629.html catholic-hierarchy]
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