Stephan Anton Mdzewski
Stephan Anton Mdzewski OP (Polish Stefan Antoni Mdzewski ; * around 1653; † May 15, 1718 in Breslau ) was a Polish clergyman and titular bishop of Calama and auxiliary bishop in Lutsk and Gniezno , where he was also official and vicar general . In 1703 he carried out auxiliary episcopal acts in Breslau .
Life
Stephan Anton Mdzewski joined the Dominican Order in 1671 and studied theology at the University of Krakow . On January 11, 1690, he was appointed titular bishop of Calama by Pope Alexander VIII and confirmed as auxiliary bishop of Lutsk. The episcopal ordination took place on March 12th. In 1699 he was transferred to Gniezno as auxiliary bishop, where he also held the office of official and vicar general. Since he was one of the opponents of the Polish King August II , he fled to Silesia because of the war unrest , where he was accommodated in the Wroclaw Dominican monastery.
After the sudden death of Wroclaw Auxiliary Bishop Johann Brunetti on March 28, 1703, he was asked by Wroclaw Bishop Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg , who was only a subdeacon , to take over the upcoming priestly ordinations in Wroclaw Cathedral at short notice . As the diocese of Wroclaw originally belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Gniezno, it was agreed, as a precaution, that the assumption of the contract should not be interpreted as a dependence of Wroclaw on Gniezno.
literature
- Joseph Jungnitz : The auxiliary bishops of Breslau . Verlag von Franz Goerlich, Breslau 1914. pp. 191–193.
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| SURNAME | Mdzewski, Stephan Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mdzewski, Stefan Antoni; Medzewski, Stefan Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Titular Bishop of Calama, auxiliary bishop in Lutsk and Gniezno, there also official and vicar general. 1703 consecrated bishop acts in Breslau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1653 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1718 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |