Petro Parfenii

Parfenii was a former Orthodox Bishop who united the Ruthenian Church with Rome. In 1646 63 Ruthenian priests under Parfenii’s leadership solicited an union with Catholic Church, however requiring the preservation of Byzantine rite, canon law and ecclesiastical autonomy. Catholic Church due to Parfenii’s ordaination by an Orthodox Metropolitan in 1651 only recognized Parfenii as bishop in 1655 and in 1664 Parfenii established himself in Mukacheve. Parfenii died in 1665.

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http://www.rusyn.org/relpresov.html