Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz

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Antoni Franciszek Ksawery Sotkiewicz (12 January 1826 – 4 May 1901) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Sandomierz and professor. Ordained a priest in 1849, he served as a professor in various institutions before being consecrated Bishop of Sandomierz in 1883.

Biography

Sotkiewicz was born on 12 January 1826. He began attending the seminary in Sandomierz in 1842.[1] He was ordained a subdeacon on 25 July 1849 and a deacon on 29 July; he was ordained a priest on 5 August by Józef Goldtmann.[2] He obtained a doctorate of theology from the Akademia Duchowna w Warszawie in 1850.[3] On 24 August 1853, he was appointed viceregent and a professor of the diocesian seminary in Sandomierz.[4] He was nominated a professor of church law at the Akademia Duchowna w Warszawie on 22 December 1861 and would serve as professor until 1867.[5] He also served as the publisher and editor of Przegląd Katolicki ,[6] a Catholic weekly newspaper.

On 15 November 1877, Sotkiewicz was appointed apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Warsaw.[5] He was consecrated Bishop of Sandomierz on 20 May 1883, with Wincenty Teofil Popiel as primary consecrator and Karol Hryniewiecki & Szymon Marcin Kozłowski as co-consecrators.[7] In 1899, he was appointed by Leo XIII as a Roman count and an assistant to the papal throne.[8]

Sotkiewicz died during the night between 3 and 4 May 1901; he was buried in the cathedral at Sandomierz.[8]

References

  1. 1.Wójcik 1974, p. 169.
  2. 2.Kubicki 1931, p. 6.
  3. 3.Orgelbrand, Samuel (1902). Encyklopedja powszechna. Vol. XIII. p. 636.
  4. 4.Kubicki 1931, p. 12.
  5. 5.[5.2]Wójcik 1974, p. 170.
  6. 6.Biblioteka Warszawska. Vol. II. 1902. p. 387.
  7. 7.Kubicki 1931, p. 106.
  8. 8.[8.2]Wójcik 1974, p. 171.