Bishop Josyf Botsian (Bocian) †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Note(s): Lutsk/Ruthenian

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1879		Born
21 Aug 1904	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Sep 1914	35.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop
24 Feb 1921	41.9	Confirmed	Bishop
20 Sep 1924	45.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Nov 1926	47.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

MicroData Summary
Josyf Botsian (Bocian)
Bishop Josyf Botsian (Bocian)
(born 10 Mar 1879, died 21 Nov 1926)
Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv

Event Place
Birth Place Busk
Ordained Bishop Hotel Continental, Kiev

a priest for 22.2 years
a bishop for 12.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. † (1899)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Julian Kuiłovskyi † (1890)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1879)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Bl. Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, C.Ss.R. † (1925)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bl. Hryhory Lakota † (1926)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 306163622
WikiData: Q11728526

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Number 15,259
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)
b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1914, Number 48
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 231
b: CB, 4 Oct 2016
bp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob: CB, 21 Nov 2023

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