Yulian Voronovskyi
Bishop Yulian Voronovskyi was the Eparchial bishop of Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych from March 30, 1994, to October 27, 2011.Biography
In 1958 he entered the clandestine Studite Brethren monastery. Working at a state job, he simultaneously studied in the underground seminary in Lviv. On October 27, 1968, he received priestly ordination at the hands of Archbishop Vasyl Velychkovsky. Than he was Hegumen of the Studite monastery.
On September 30, 1986, he received episcopal consecration at the hands of Archbishop Volodymyr Sterniuk. He was appointed Auxiliary bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv. In 1990 he was elected the archimandrite of the Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite and the Rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv.
On July 20, 1993, he was appointed the Administrator of the newly created Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych, and from 1994-2011 was its Eparch.
Voronovskyi died on February 28, 2013, after undergoing surgery without regaining consciousness in the intensive care department of the Lviv regional hospital. He was 76.
