Gedeon Brolnitskyj (Polish: Gedeon Brolnicki; 1528–1618) was a bishop of the Ruthenian Uniate Church and a monk belonged to the Lauryshava Monastery and since 1601 Archbishop of Polotsk.

Gedeon Brolnitskyj
ChurchRuthenian Uniate Church
Installed26 May 1601
Term ended1618
PredecessorHerman Zahorskyj
SuccessorSaint Josaphat Kuntsevych
Orders
Consecration6 August 1601
by Herman Zahorskyj
Personal details
Born1528
Died1618

Biography

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In 1596 Brolnitskyj was an Orthodox Archimandrite of the Lauryshava Monastery (in today's Belarus) and converted from Orthodoxy to Greek Catholicism, signing an act of the Union of Brest.[1]

On May 26, 1601 Gideon Brolicki was nominated Archbishop of Polotsk.[2] On August 6, 1601, he was ordained bishop and remained as Catholic Uniate bishop till his death in 1618.

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  1. ^ [Footnotes В.А. Теплова, З.И.Зуева, Уния в документах, Minsk 1997, p. 139.]
  2. ^ Blazheyovsky D. Hierarchy of the Kievan Church (861-1996). - Lviv: Kamenyar, 1996. - P. 281.]
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