Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski
Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski (* 1745 in Ozorów ; † April 28, 1831 in Lutsk ) was Archbishop of Minsk-Mahiljou and Roman Catholic Metropolitan of the Russian Empire .
The Polish-born Cieciszowski studied 1760 theology . On March 11, 1764 he was by Pope Clement XIII. for priests ordained and was subsequently used as Kaplan worked.
On May 29, 1775 he was appointed coadjutor bishop of Kiev and Chernihiv and titular bishop of Theveste . He was ordained episcopate on October 8th of the same year by the Bishop of Poznan , Andrzej Stanisław Młodziejewski . Co- consecrators were the coadjutor bishop of Poznan, Antoni Onufry Okecki , and the bishop of Smolensk , Gabriel Wodzyński .
With the death of the bishop of Kiev and Chernihiv, Franciszek Kandyd Ossoliński , on August 7, 1784, Cieciszowski was his successor. However, because of the annexation by Russia, he was not allowed to reside in his diocese.
In 1786 he became a member of the Polish Diet, the Sejm .
On November 17, 1798 he was appointed bishop of Lutsk-Zhytomyr , after this diocese was created through the merger of his previous diocese with the diocese of Lutsk.
On June 23, 1828 he was appointed Archbishop and Metropolitan of Mahiljou .
He was the bearer of the Order of the White Eagle .
literature
- Polski Słownik Biograficzny (Polish Biographical Yearbook), Volume III, p. 38
- Leonard Chodźko, "Un évèque polonais, le metropolitain Kazimir Gaspard Colonna Cieciszewski et son temps (1745-1831)" , Paris 1866 ( online version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cieciszowski, Kasper Kazimierz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archbishop of Minsk-Mahiljou, Roman Catholic Metropolitan of Russia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ozorów |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1831 |
| Place of death | Lutsk |