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Polish Roman Catholic bishop
Ignacy Raczyński
Primate of Poland
Archbishop of Gniezno
Previous post(s)Apostolic administrator of Warsaw (1806 – 1818)
Bishop of Poznań (1794 – 1806)
Orders
Ordination31 July 1770
Consecration9 November 1794
by Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński
Personal details
Born(1741-08-06)6 August 1741
Małoszyna
Died19 February 1823(1823-02-19) (aged 81)
Przemyśl

Ignacy Antoni Raczyński (6 August 1741 – 19 February 1823) was a primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno.

Biography

Raczyński was born in Małoszyna to Antoni and Katarzyna Raczyński. He joined an order of the Jesuits based in Kraków on 5 August 1760; he was ordained to the subdiaconate on 26 July 1770, ordained to the diaconate on 29 July 1770, and finally was ordained a priest on 31 July 1770. He later studied at a Jesuit college in Milan; upon his return to Poland in July 1773, he was appointed priest for Brodnica. In 1776, he was appointed a canon of Poznań.

On 12 September 1794, Raczyński was appointed bishop of Poznań; he was consecrated on 9 November 1794 at Wschowa by Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński, titular bishop of Nicopolis. Raczyński was later appoined archbishop of Gniezno through letters patent granted by Frederick William III on 3 May 1805 and was formally transferred to the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 26 August 1806. In addition, he was appointed apostolic administrator of Warsaw on 17 June 1806.

Raczyński assumed control of the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 10 December 1807. He resigned as archbishop of Gniezno in 1818 and moved to a Jesuit college in Rome, moving in 1821 to Brzozowa. He died on 19 February 1823 in Przemyśl.

References

  1. ^ Chełmicki 1914, p. 133.
  2. ^ Korytkowski 1892, p. 254.
  3. ^ Riztler, Remigium (1953). Hierarchia catholica medii aevi (in Latin). Vol. 6. p. 349.
  4. Prokop, Krzysztof (2010). "Sukcesja święceń biskupich pasterzy Kościoła warszawskiego (1798-2007)" (PDF). Prawo Kanoniczne (in Polish). 53 (1–2): 355.
  5. ^ Korytkowski 1892, p. 257.
  6. Chełmicki 1914, p. 134.

Bibliography

  • Chełmicki, Zygmunt, ed. (1914). "Raczyński Ignacy". Podręczna encyklopedya kościelna (in Polish). Vol. XXXIII–XXXIV. pp. 133–134.
  • Korytkowski, Jan (1892). "Ignacy Raczyński". Arcybiskupi Gnieźnieńscy (in Polish). Vol. V. pp. 253–281.
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