Maksymilian Rylo

Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M.
Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
In office2 September 1785 – 22 November 1793
Predecessorhimself as Administrator
SuccessorPetro Bilyanskyi (Administrator)
Other post(s)Bishop of Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Chełm–Belz (1756–1785),
Administrator of Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok (1780–1785)
Orders
Ordination22 September 1742 (Priest)
by Basilio Matranga
Consecration24 February 1759 (Bishop)
by Florian Hrebnytskyi
Personal details
Born
Maksymilian baron Rylo

(1719-09-21)21 September 1719
Died22 November 1793(1793-11-22) (aged 74)
Przemyśl, Habsburg monarchy (present day Poland)

Maksymilian Rylo, O.S.B.M. (Polish: Maksymilian Ryłło, Ukrainian: Максиміліян Рило; 21 September 1719 – 22 November 1793) was the Eparch of Chełm–Belz in the Ruthenian Uniate Church from 1756 to 1785. He was the Administrator of the Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1780 to 1785 and an Eparchial Bishop of the same Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1785 until his death in 1793.

Pastoral letter of Bishop Maksymilian Rylo from 1792

Life

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Born in the family estate near Barysaw, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Minsk Region, Belarus) or, according another dates, in Rylivka, near Vilnius (present day Lithuania) in a noble Catholic family of Hieronim and Anna (née Miecznikowski) Rylo in 1719 or 1715.

Rylo joined the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Vilnius of the Order of Saint Basil the Great in a young age, where he made a profession and was sent to complete a philosophical and theological studies in Rome in the Pontifical Urban University, where he ultimately earned a doctorate in sacred theology.[1] He was ordained as a priest on 22 September 1742,[2] in Rome.

After returning from Italy, he had a various pastoral assignments and served as superior and hegumen at the Basilian Institutes in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Chełm–Belz on 15 November 1756. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 24 February 1759. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Florian Hrebnytskyi.[2]

With his initiative, a seminary for the Greek Catholics was opened in Chełm in 1759.[1] Also during the First Partition of Poland Bishop Rylo was imprisoned by Russian Government for some months in 1774.[3]

He died in Przemyśl on 22 November 1793.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Блажейовський, Дмитро (1996). Ієрархія Київської Церкви (861—1996) (in Ukrainian). Львів: Каменяр. p. 303.
  2. ^ a b "Bishop Maksymilian Ryłło, O.S.B.M. †". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ^ Butterwick, Richard (2012). Polska rewolucja a Kościół katolicki 1788-1792 (in Polish). Kraków. p. 158.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ruthenian Catholic Bishop of Chełm–Belz
1756–1785
Succeeded by
Preceded by Administrator of
Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok

1780–1785
Succeeded by
himself as Eparchial Bishop
Preceded by
himself as Administrator
Ruthenian Catholic Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
1785–1793
Succeeded by
Petro Bilyanskyi (as Administrator)