Lev Kiszka
| Lev Kiszka | |
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| Metropolitan of Kiev | |
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| Church | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 17 September 1714 |
| Term ended | 19 November 1728 |
| Predecessor | Yurij Vynnyckyj |
| Successor | Atanasy Sheptycky |
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| Consecration | 15 March 1711 (Bishop) by Yurij Vynnyckyj |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Luka Kiszka |
| Born | 1663 Kovel, Volhynian |
| Died | 19 November 1728 (aged 64–65) Kupieczow, near Volodymyr |
Luka Lev Kiszka (Belarusian: Леў Кішка, Ukrainian: Лев Кишка, Polish: Leon Kiszka) (1663—1728) was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and Russia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1714 to his death in 1728. He was also a writer, and theologian.
Luka Lev Kiszka was born in Kovel, in Volhynian, from a noble family in the year 1663. Still young he joined the Order of Saint Basil the Great and he studied in Byten (Ivatsevichy Raion). On 6 December 1687, already ordained a priest, he entered in the Pontifical Urbaniana University, in Rome, where he studied till 1691. Returned in his country, he served as hieromonk in various Basilian monasteries. In 1697 he became Hegumen of the monastery of the Holy Trinity in Vilnius and in 1699 he was appointed Archimandrite of the monastery of Polotsk. In 1698 he was elected secretary of the Basilian Order, of which he became Proto-Archimandrite (i.e. Superior general of the whole Order) in September 1703 for his first four-years term.
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