Josaphat Kuntsevych was a 17th-century Basilian hieromonk and the Archbishop of Polotsk. Born Ioann Kuntsevych around 1580 in Volodymyr, he dedicated his life to the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He is primarily remembered for his efforts to foster unity between the Eastern and Western traditions of the Catholic Church. His life ended violently in Vitebsk in 1623, when he was killed during an anti-Catholic riot.