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Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski

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Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski
Bishop of Sejny
PredecessorJan Klemens Gołaszewski
SuccessorMikołaj Jan Manugiewicz
Orders
Ordination26 August 1767
Consecration6 August 1820
by Adam Michał Prażmowski
Personal details
Born(1753-12-05)5 December 1753
Died11 December 1823(1823-12-11) (aged 70)
Warsaw

Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski (5 December 1753 – 11 December 1823) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sejny.

Biography

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Czyżewski was born in Kalisz.[1] On 26 August 1767, he was ordained a Jesuit priest;[2] he later attended Jagellonian University, where he received doctorates in law & canon law.[3] He was later made regent of the chancellory of the diocese of Kujawy, by orders of its bishop, Józef Ignacy Rybiński. On 26 April 1787, he was made a canon of the cathedral of Włocławek.[4]

In 1820, Czyżewski was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Sejny by Jan Klemens Gołaszewski.[5] After Gołaszewski's death, Czyżewski was appointed bishop of Sejny on 19 May 1820; he was consecrated on 6 August of the same year by Adam Michał Prażmowski, the bishop of Płock, assisted by Feliks Łukasz Lewiński and Józef Marcelin Dzięcielski.[2] He died on 11 December 1823 in Warsaw.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ignacy Stanisław Czyzewski". vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Prokop 2010, p. 314.
  3. ^ Katilius 2022, pp. 43–44.
  4. ^ Katilius 2022, p. 47.
  5. ^ a b Nowodworski, Michał, ed. (1874). "Czyżewski Ignacy Stanisław" . Encyklopedja Kościelna (in Polish). Vol. III – via Wikisource.

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