Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz, O.S.B.M. †

Deceased

Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania

Titular Bishop of Daulia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1866		Born
3 Feb 1884	18.0	Entered	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
18 Jul 1891	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
4 Mar 1907	41.0	Appointed	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
4 Mar 1907	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Daulia
12 May 1907	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Daulia
24 Mar 1916	50.1	Died	Bishop of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania

MicroData Summary
Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz
Bishop Soter Stephen Ortynsky de Labetz O.S.B.M.
(born 29 Jan 1866, died 24 Mar 1916)
Bishop of United States of America

Event Place
Birth Place Ortynychy, Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland
Ordained Bishop St. George's, Cathedral, Lviv, Archeparchy of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
Death Place Philadelphia, Archeparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Current) Crypt, Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Philadelphia, Archeparchy of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania

a priest for 24.6 years
a bishop for 8.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Sylwester Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †
Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andrij Aleksander Šeptycki (Sheptyskyi), O.S.B.M. †
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Konstantyn Chekhovych (Czechowicz) †
Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian)
Bishop Bl. Hryhoriy (Grigorij) Khomyshyn (Chomyszyn) †
Bishop of Stanislaviv (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:
Archbishop Basil Vladimir Ladyka, O.S.B.M. † (1912)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1821670
WikiData: Q953309

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1907, Number 18
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 153
prof/c1: CB, 30 Mar 2017
bpd: CB, 26 Oct 2025

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