Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski

Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski was a Belarusian socio-cultural and religious figure, and founder of the American [World Patriarchates].

Biography

Uladyslau Ryzy-Ryski was born in the Vilna region of Belarus to Belarusian Catholic parents.
In his adulthood, he was consecrated as bishop within a continuation to the American [Orthodox Catholic Church], and enthroned as archbishop of the Old Orthodox [Catholic Patriarchate of America]. By 1972, Ryzy-Ryski was excommunicated from the American Orthodox Catholic Church by Walter [Myron Propheta] after having established the American World Patriarchates.
During his leadership over the American World Patriarchates, the Peoples University of the Americas was founded in 1968.