Andriy Bachynskyi
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Andriy Bachynskyi (Ukrainian: Андрій Бачинський, Hungarian: Bacsinszky András; 11 November 1732 – 19 November 1809) was a Ruthenian Greek Catholic hierarch. He was bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Mukacheve from 1773 to 1809.
Biography
Born in Beňatina, Habsburg monarchy (present day – Slovakia) in 1732 in the family of the Ruthenian priest Teodor Bachynskyi.[1] He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1756 for the Vicariate Apostolic for Ruthenians by Bishop Manuil Olshavskyi. He was confirmed as the Bishop by the Holy See on 8 March 1773. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 6 June 1773. The principal consecrator was Bishop Vasilije Božičković and co-consecrators were Bishop Meletie Covaci and Bishop Franz Josef von Gondola.[2] During his episcopacy, in 1777, the bishop's see was transferred from Mukacheve to Uzhgorod.
He died in Uzhgorod on 19 November 1809.
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Preceded by Ivan Bradach | Ruthenian Catholic Bishop of Mukacheve 1773–1809 | Succeeded by Mykhaylo Bradach (as Ap. Administrator) |
Uzhgorod