Toma Polyanskyi (Ukrainian: Тома Полянський, Polish: Tomasz Syrus Polański; 15 October 1796 – 11 November 1869) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch in a present-day Ukraine and Poland. He was the Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1860 to 1867.

Toma Polyanskyi
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
In office2 December 1860 – 1 October 1867
PredecessorHryhoriy Yakhymovych
SuccessorJoseph Sembratovych, as Ap. Administrator
Orders
Ordination1819 (Priest)
by Ivan Snihurskyi
Consecration2 December 1860 (Bishop)
by Hryhoriy Yakhymovych
Personal details
Born
Toma Polyanskyi

(1796-10-15)15 October 1796
Died11 November 1869(1869-11-11) (aged 73)
Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary Empire

Born in Bartne, Habsburg monarchy (present day – Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland) in the family of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest Toma Sr. and his wife Kateryna (née Petrykivska) in 1796. He was ordained a priest in 1819 by Bishop Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He worked as a Vicar General of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok from 1856 to 1860.[1]

He was confirmed by the Holy See as an Eparchial Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok on 23 March 1860. He was consecrated to the Episcopate on 2 December 1860. The principal consecrator was Metropolitan Hryhoriy Yakhymovych. He resigned as Eparchial Bishop by health reasons on 1 October 1867.[2]

He died in Przemyśl on 11 November 1869.

References

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  1. ^ Blazejowsky, Dmytro (1995). Istorycznyj szematyzm Peremyskoji Eparchiji z wkluczennjam Apostolśkoji Administratury Łemkiwszczyny (1828-1939). Lviv. p. 163.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Bishop Toma Polyanskyi (Polanski)". catholic-hierarchy.org. 2016-06-26.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Przemyśl, Sambir and Sanok
1860–1867
Succeeded by
Joseph Sembratovych, as Ap. Administrator