Archbishop Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski, O.S.B.M. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Mar 1715		Born
1731²	15.8	Entered	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
3 Jul 1740	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)
5 Sep 1758	43.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
31 Dec 1758	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
18 Jul 1762	47.3	Succeeded	Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
25 Jul 1779	64.3	Appointed	Administrator of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
1780²	64.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Polotsk (Połock)-Vitebsk (Ukrainian), Belarus
30 Oct 1780	65.6	Selected	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
25 Jun 1781	66.3	Confirmed	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
27 Sep 1788⁶	73.5	Died	Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain ; ⁶ Before

MicroData Summary
Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski
Archbishop Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski O.S.B.M.
(born 3 Mar 1715, died 27 Sep 1788)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev}

Event Place
Birth Place Wolkowsco
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop St Athanase, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Raddomyshl, Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)

a priest for 48.2 years
a bishop for 29.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, O.S.B.I. †
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giorgio Maria Lascaris, C.R. †
Titular Archbishop of Teodosia
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, O.S.B.I. † (1736)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.I. † (1716)
Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida)
Archbishop Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.I. † (1700)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Onofrio Costantini † (1665)
Titular Archbishop of Derbe
Archbishop Athanasius II †
Archbishop

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (1781)
Bishop Michal Mateusz Stadnicki, O.S.B.M. † (1784)
Archbishop Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki, O.S.B.M. † (1785)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wolkowsco
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	St Athanase, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Raddomyshl, Archeparchy of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 45784249
WikiData: Q5289686

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 249
b: Hierarchy of the Kyivan Church 861-1990, Page 255, and Page 284
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1758, Number 29
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 55, Number 4,008
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 57, Additions/Corrections (front)
mn/ln/bd/qsbm: CB, 24 Sep 2025
ln: CB, 3 Oct 2025

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