Bishop of Przemyśl and Sambir (1620) Hegumen of the Kyiv Brotherhood Epiphany Monastery (1616) Isaiah Kopinsky (b ?
He studied at the Lviv Dormition Brotherhood School and entered a monastery as a youth.
On October 6, 1620,[1][2] when the Orthodox hierarchy was renewed by Patriarch Theophanes III of Jerusalem, Isaiah was consecrated bishop of Peremyshl and Sambir; however, he was not permitted to assume his post by the Polish king, and he was instead named bishop of Chernihiv and Smolensk.
Isaiah also became the first bishop consecrated by Patriarch Theophanes III, three days ahead of Job Boretsky in Epiphany Church of the Kyiv Brotherhood Monastery that used to be located in the Kyiv's Podil neighborhood.
After the legalization of the Orthodox hierarchy by Poland in 1632 and the election of Petro Mohyla as metropolitan of Kyiv, Isaiah was forced by the latter to relinquish his post.