Josyf Slipyj


Josyf Slipyi
Cardinal, Metropolitan of Galicia
Major Archbishop of Lviv
Head and shoulders portrait of Cardinal Josyf Slipyi when he visited Australia in 1968
Cardinal Slipyi in Australia in 1968
ChurchUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed1 November 1944
Installednever[a]
Term ended7 September 1984
PredecessorAndrey Sheptytsky
SuccessorMyroslav Lubachivsky
Orders
Ordination30 September 1917 (Priest)
Consecration22 December 1939 (Bishop)
by Andrey Sheptytsky
Created cardinal22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI
Personal details
Born
Йосип Сліпий

17 February 1892
Died7 September 1984(1984-09-07) (aged 92)
Rome, Italy
BuriedSt. George's Cathedral, Lviv
49°50′19.48″N 24°0′46.19″E / 49.8387444°N 24.0128306°E / 49.8387444; 24.0128306
DenominationCatholicism
MottoPer aspera ad astra
Coat of armsJosyf Slipyi's coat of arms
Rector of the Theological Academy Fr. Josyf Slipyi in the company of teachers and students of this Academy. In 1936.

Josyf Slipyi (Ukrainian: Йосиф Сліпий, born as Ukrainian: Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, romanizedYosyf Kobernyts'kyy-Dychkovs'kyy; 17 February 1892 – 7 September 1984) was a Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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