Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski

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Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski (February 29, 1872 in Congress Poland - February 13, 1954 in Płock, Poland) was the Prime Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church from 1945 to 1953.[1]

He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. He served as a professor at the Theological Seminary in Lublin and, from 1903, as the provincial leader for Mariavites in the Lublin district. In 1906, he became the parish priest of the Mariavite parish in Płock.[1] From the chapter in 1907, he was the vicar general. He was consecrated as a bishop on September 4, 1910, in Łowicz.[2] He was a confessor of Maria Franciszka Kozłowska, the founder of the Mariavite movement, and the author of theological and Mariavite-themed articles.[1] From 1945 to 1953, he served as the Prime Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church. He wrote a book about Maria Franciszka Kozłowska titled Żywot Przeczystej Pani i objawione jej Dzieło Wielkiego Miłosierdzia (Life of the Pure Lady and her Revealed Work of Great Mercy). He was the main consecrator of Bishop Zygmunt Szypold who became the head of the Polish Old Catholic Church.[3]

Episcopal genealogy

His episcopal genealogy is as follows: Roman Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands

Old Catholic Church

  • Bishop Hermann Heykamp
  • Bishop nl:Gasparus Johannes van Rinkel
  • Archbishop Gerardus Gul[4]

Mariavite Church

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]"Old Church Catholic Mariavite". 2012-12-23. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  2. 2.Bain 1985.
  3. 3.Próchniewski Roman (Maria Jakub), w: J. Majchrowski red., Kto był kim..., s. 201–202.
  4. 4.Appolis 1965, pp. 58–59; Bain 1985.
  5. 5.Co-consecrated with Old Catholic bishops.