Kasimir Szczuka

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Kasimir (Casimiro) Szczuka , Polish Kazimierz Jan Szczuka Herb Grabie (* 1620 in Płock ; † June 30, 1694 ) was bishop of Kulm (now Chełmno in Poland ) in 1693 and 1694 .

Life

Kazimierz Jan Szczuka came from the Mazovian branch (Falislaw Szczuka) of the Szczuka family. He is thus a distant relative of Stanislaw Antoni Szczuka, the family belonged to the Grabie coat of arms of the Polish nobility .

Before embarking on a spiritual career, he took part in the war between Sweden and the Turks as a soldier. After the abdication of John II Casimir in 1668, he supported the candidacy of the French candidate for the Polish throne, the Prince of Condé. In 1669 he was one of Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki's voters ; In 1674 he worked on the election of Johann III. Sobieski with.

On July 11, 1670, at the age of 50, he received the deacon ordination and two days later the priestly ordination and was incardinated in the diocese of Przemyśl . Pope Innocent XII. appointed him on October 2, 1693 Bishop of Kulm. The episcopal ordination donated him on November 22nd of the same year Jan Stanisław Witwicki , the Bishop of Poznan ; Co- consecrators were Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski , Bishop of Płock , and Stefan Antonin Mdzewski OP , Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Lutsk . On February 18, 1694 he took possession of the diocese, but already on June 30 of the same year he died in office.

literature

  • Roman Kowecki: Kazimierz Jan Szczuka. In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Warszawa - Kraków 2011, vol. 47, pp. 458-462.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wacław Uruszczak: Fakcje senatorskie w sierpniu 1668 roku. In: Parlament, prawo, ludzie, studia ofiarowane profesorowi Juliuszowi Bardachowi w sześćiesięciolecie pracy twórczej. Warszawa 1996, p. 317

Biography of ANNA MICHAŁOWSKA about Stanislaw Antoni Szczuka (Kwartalnik Historyczny Rocznik Cli, 1995,3-4 - PL ISSN 0023-5903) and family tree from the family property of the Szczuka family.

personal data
SURNAME Szczuka, Kasimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Szczuka, Casimiro; Szczuka, Kazimierz Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Kulm
DATE OF BIRTH 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Plock
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1694