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Jul 29, 1865 Prylbychi, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Died on 01 Nov 1944 (aged 79)
Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
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About Andrey Sheptytsky
- Andrey Sheptytsky, O.S.B.M., (Ukrainian: ?????????? ?????? ??????????; Polish: Andrzej Szeptycki; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) was the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944.
- His tenure spanned two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, General Government (Nazi), and again Soviet. According to the church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky was the most influential figure… in the entire history of the Ukrainian Church in the twentieth century".
- The Lviv National Museum, founded by Sheptytsky in 1905, now bears his name. Information-Resource Center of Ukrainian Catholic University that was opened on Septembre 2017 also bears his name - The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Center.
