Metropolitan Joseph | |
|---|---|
Митрополит Иосиф | |
 Semashko Yosyf | |
| Title | Metropolitan Bishop |
| Personal | |
| Born | Yosyf Yosyfovich Semashko 25 December 1798 |
| Died | 23 November 1868 (aged 69) |
| Known for | Synod of Polotsk |
| Organization | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church, Ruthenian Uniate Church |
Joseph Semashko (Ukrainian: Йосиф Семашко; Polish: Józef Siemaszko; Russian: Иосиф Семашко; 25 December 1798 – 23 November 1868) was an Eastern Catholic priest and bishop who played a central role in the highly controversial conversion of the Ruthenian Uniate Church of the western provinces of the Russian Empire to Russian Orthodoxy in 1837–1839.[1] Subsequently, he became an archbishop in the Russian Orthodox hierarchy, elevated to the Metropolitan bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania in 1852.
- ^ Plokhy, Serhii (2017). Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation. New York: Basic Books. pp. 112–118. ISBN 9780141983134.