Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski

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

Biography

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

  1. 1."Ignacy Stanisław Czyzewski". vle.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. 2.[2.2]Prokop 2010, p. 314.
  3. 3.Katilius 2022, pp. 43–44.
  4. 4.Katilius 2022, p. 47.
  5. 5.[5.2]Nowodworski, Michał, ed. (1874). "Czyżewski Ignacy Stanisław". Encyklopedja Kościelna (in Polish). Vol. III – via Wikisource.