Wenceslaus Leszczynski
Wenceslaus Leszczynski (also Wacław Leszczyński ; born August 15, 1605 in Baranów , † April 1, 1666 in Łyszkowice ) was Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland-Lithuania .
Life
Leszczynski came from a noble family from the south of Greater Poland , he was the son of the voivod Andrzej Leszczynski and Zofia Opaliński. At the express request of his father, a Calvinist , he was baptized into this denomination. However, after Andrzej Leszczynski's death, his mother, a devout Catholic, raised him and his siblings to Catholicism . His brother was Jan Leszczyński , Chancellor of the Polish Crown, a half-brother was Rafał Leszczyński , leader of the Reformed in Poland.
After graduating from the Jesuit College in Poznań , he studied theology at the universities of Perugia , Padua and Paris . From 1630 he was secretary to King Sigismund III. Wasa .
From 1633 he was a canon in Krakow and provost in Płock and Łęczyca . He was ordained a priest in 1637, and from 1643 onwards, Leszczynski was secretary of the crown.
On April 6, 1644 he was elected Bishop of Warmia by the cathedral chapter . Pope Innocent X confirmed him on December 16, 1644, and he was ordained bishop on April 23, 1645 by Archbishop Giovanni de Torres in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw . He was also the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Samland .
On January 27, 1659 he was appointed Archbishop of Gniezno . He died on April 1, 1666 in Łyszkowice.
literature
- Antoni Gąsiorowski, Jerzy Topolski (eds.): Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa - Poznań 1981, ISBN 83-01-02722-3 , p. 419.
Web links
- Entry on Wacław Leszczyński on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on July 15, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Johann Konopacki |
Bishop of Warmia 1644 - 1659 |
Johann Stephan Wydzga |
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Andrzej II. Leszczynski |
Archbishop of Gniezno 1659 - 1666 |
Mikolaj IV. Prazmowski |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leszczynski, Wenceslaus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leszczyński, Wacław; Leszczinski, Waclaw |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1605 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baranów |
DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1666 |
Place of death | Gniezno |