Andrey Sheptytsky

Andrey Sheptytsky, OSBM (; Ukrainian: Митрополит Андрей Шептицький; 29 July 1865 – 1 November 1944) served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1901 until his death in 1944. His tenure in office spanned two world wars and seven political regimes: Austrian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Soviet, General Government (Nazi), and again Soviet. According to the church historian Jaroslav Pelikan, "Arguably, Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky was the most influential f…