Veniamin Evsevidis

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Veniamin Evsevidis
ChurchEastern Orthodox Church, then Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
DioceseNeapolis/Nablus (Eastern Orthodox), Archbishop Emeritus (Catholic)
Installed3 November 1862
Term ended1895 or 1897
Personal details
Born20 June 1821
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died1895 or 1897
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
BuriedCathedral of the Holy Spirit

Veniamin (Benjamin) Evsevidis (Greek: Βενιαμίν Ευσεβίδης), born as Dimitrios Evsevidis (Δημήτριος Ευσεβίδης; 20 June 1821 – 1895 or 1897) was a bishop of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church.

Biography[edit]

Dimitrios Evsevidis was born in a Greek Orthodox family on 20 June 1821 in Constantinople.[1] He studied at the Great School of the Nation and later at the Halki seminary.[1] On 6 August 1851 he was appointed titular archbishop of Neapolis[2][3] and auxiliary bishop of the metropolis of Dabar-Bosna, based in Sarajevo, then under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Constantinople.[4][5]

His Catholic philosophical tendencies were discovered in a letter intercepted by the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate, and he was charged of apostasy.[1]

In 1858, he was summoned by the patriarchate to Constantinople where, on his own initiative, he was arrested and locked up in the monastery of Rila, in Ottoman Bulgaria.[6][7][8] The pontifical apostolic delegation requested help from the French embassy, and Ambassador Édouard Thouvenel became involved in the liberation of the archbishop, obtaining an order for release from the authorities.[7]

Evsevidis was arrested again in 1861 and locked up in Mount Athos, before being released again thanks to the French intervention.[6]

The sources are not particularly clear, but it seems that for a short time he returned to orthodoxy, but on 3 November 1862 he converted again to Catholicism.[9]

Thanks to the priest Joseph Lepavec, in 1863 he traveled to Rome, where he was confirmed at his home.[1] He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic bishop of Constantinople, exercising his ministry among the Byzantine-rite Catholics of the city.[6] For most of the rest of his life he lived in Karaköy, in the monastery of a Franciscan convent, celebrating the divine daily liturgy at the church of Saint Anthony of Padua.[7] On June 17, 1867 Evsevidis was appointed assistant prelate to the pontifical throne of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.[10]

He participated in the First Vatican Council[2][11][12] In 1882 he ordered to the priesthood Isaias Papadopoulos, the future exarch of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul.[13]

He died in 1895[6] or, according to other sources, in 1897[1] and is buried in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit of Istanbul.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Macar, Elchin (2002). İstanbul'un yok olmuş ikem cemaated: Doctrine Rhythms Katolik Rumlar ve Bulgarlar (in Turkish). İletişim. p. 35. ISBN 9789750500749.
  2. ^ a b Elenco degli EMI and RMI Signore Cardinali, from RMI Patriarchi, Primati, Arcivescovi and Vescovi, degli Abbati nullius, from the general superiors of regular orders." The Catholic Civilization . Volume VIII: 700. 1869. Beniamino Dimitrio, Arciv. of Naplousa, rit. gr., pr. 18 Ag. 1851.
  3. ^ The title of Neapolis probably refers to the old episcopal see in Palestine, today Nablus; when Efsevidis entered the Catholic Church he had the title of Neapolis.
  4. ^ Lanne, Emmanuel (1997). Tradition et communion des Églises: recueil d'êtudes. Leuven University Press. p. 489. ISBN 9789061867944.
  5. ^ The Orthodox Church in Bosnia was then under the jurisdiction of the patriarchate of Constantinople since 1766. It was structured in three areas: Sarajevo (or Bosna-Serai), Zvornik and Herzegovina . More information in Théarvic, M. (1899). "Le patriarcat œcuménique dans les Iles, en Bulgarie et en Bosnie" (in French). Revue des études byzantines 2 (5): 244.
  6. ^ a b c d Taft, Robert (2013). "Perceptions and Realities in Orthodox-Catholic Relations Today: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future". In Demacopoulos, George E.; Papanikolaou, Aristotle. Orthodox Constructions of the West. Fordham University Press. pp. 34-35. ISBN 9780823251926.
  7. ^ a b c Ronzevalle, Ferdinand (1899). "Un épisode de l'histoire contemporaine des Églises d'Orient: Captivité et délivrance d'un évèque grec, août 1858". Études publiées par des Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus (in French) (80, July–August-September 1899): 528–536
  8. ^ Péchayre, A. P. (1936). "L'archevêché d'Ochrida de 1394 à 1767: A propos d'un ouvrage récent (suite et fin)". Revue des études byzantines (183): 284. Même au XIXe siècle, en 1858, Mgr Benjamin Evsévidès, métropolite de Bosna-Séraï, simplement soupçonné de tendances catholiques, fut enfermé au monastère du Rilo. Il aurait pu y finir ses jours, sans l'intervention d'une puissance occidentale.
  9. ^ "Communauté hellène de rite grec-catholique". Oeuvre des écoles d'Orient: bulletins périodiques, 14 (January 1887 - November 1888): 70. "Ce fut dans le même temps que Mgr Benjamin Eusévidis, archevêque titulaire de Naplouse, embrassa l'union."
  10. ^ Les Pères du concile du Vatican: biographie illustrée complète de tous les Pères du concile. 1870. p. 33.
  11. ^ Alphabetical catalog of all the sponsors of the Vatican Ecumenical Council. Osservatore Romano. 1870. p. 16.
  12. ^ "Chronicle of the Council". The Catholic Telegraph. XXXIX (29). July 21, 1870. The Mass of the Holy Ghost was celebrated by Mgr. Beniamino Dimitrio, Archbishop of Naplouze, in partibus, of the Greek rite, who officiated according to the Oriental rite.
  13. ^ Salaville Sévérien (1912). "Le nouvel évêque grec catholique: Mgr Isaïe Papadopoulos". Revue des études byzantines (92): 64-65. "Le P. lsaïe Papadopoulos fut ordonné prêtre en 1882, par un prélat grec converti, M«r Benjamin Evsévidis, ancien évêque titulaire de Néa- polis et auxiliaire de Bosna-Séraï".

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