Diocesan Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr (until 25 November 1998 as the Diocesan Bishop of Zhytomyr)
Church
Roman Catholic Church
Appointed
16 January 1991
Term ended
15 June 2011
Predecessor
Fr. Teofil Skalski (Ap. Administrator)
Successor
Petro Malchuk
Orders
Ordination
13 April 1961 (Priest) by Petras Mazelis
Consecration
4 March 1991 (Bishop) by Francesco Colasuonno
Personal details
Born
Jānis Purvinskis
(1934-11-19)19 November 1934
Dolna, near Ilūkste, Latvia
Died
6 April 2021(2021-04-06) (aged 86) Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Bishop Jan Purwinski or Yan Purvinskyi (Ukrainian: Ян Пурвінський; Polish: Jan Purwiński; Latvian: Jānis Purvinskis; 19 November 1934 – 6 April 2021) was a Latvian-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Kyiv–Zhytomyr since 16 January 1991 until 15 June 2011 (until 25 November 1998 as the Diocesan Bishop of Zhytomyr).
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