Josyf Slipyj
Josyf Slipyi (Ukrainian: Йосиф Сліпий, born as Ukrainian: Йосиф Коберницький-Дичковський, romanized: Yosyf 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.
Josyf Slipyi | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Metropolitan of Galicia Major Archbishop of Lviv | |
Cardinal Slipyi in Australia in 1968 | |
| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 1 November 1944 |
| Installed | never |
| Term ended | 7 September 1984 |
| Predecessor | Andrey Sheptytsky |
| Successor | Myroslav Lubachivsky |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 September 1917 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 22 December 1939 (Bishop) by Andrey Sheptytsky |
| Created cardinal | 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Йосип Сліпий 17 February 1892 |
| Died | 7 September 1984 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Buried | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv 49°50′19.48″N 24°0′46.19″E |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| Motto | Per aspera ad astra |
| Coat of arms | |
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