Teofil Cyprian Wolicki
Teofil Cyprian Wolicki (1768–1829) was an 18th-century Primate of Poland and Bishop of Poznań and Włocławek.
His Excellency Teofil Wolicki | |
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| Archdiocese of Gniezno | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Gniezno |
| Installed | 1828 |
| Term ended | 1829 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1792 |
| Consecration | 15 May 1829 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1768 |
| Died | 21 December 1829 Poznań |
| Nationality | Polish |
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Life
He was born 30 October 1768 in Doruchów.[1]
He graduated from Seminary in Warsaw, and ordained a priest. Then he studied law and theology at the Academy of Vilnius and in Rome.[2]
After his return to Poland, he worked in the Office of the Crown Chancellery and a library of Stanisław August Poniatowski, under the direction of Bishop John Baptist Albertrandi.
He became Archbishop of Gniezno on 17 May 1829.[3]
He died December 21, 1829 in Poznań.
References
- A. Biernat, I. Ihnatowicz, Vademecum do badań nad historią XIX i XX wieku, (Warszawa 2003), p462–470.
- Dziennik Konfederacyi Jeneralnej Królestwa Polskiego, (1812), p4.
- Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 204.
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