Karol Skórkowski Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Karol Skórkowski
Bishop of Kraków
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Kraków
Appointed:27 July 1829
Term:1829-1851
Term End:25 January 1851
Predecessor:Jan Paweł Woronicz
Successor:Albin Dunajewski
Consecration:24 January 1830
Consecrated By:Prosper Burzyński
Rank:Bishop
Birth Date:1768
Birth Place:Jankowice, Poland
Death Date:25 January 1851
Death Place:Opawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Germany (Present day Poland)
Buried:Wawel Cathedral
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Coat Of Arms:Jelita herb.svg

Karol Skórkowski (1768–1851) was a Polish bishop.[1] Elected bishop of Kraków in 1828, his election was confirmed in 1829 and he was consecrated in early 1830.

He was a supporter of the November Uprising (1830–1831).[2] After the fall of the uprising, he was arrested by the Russian government. Vatican, pressured by Moscow, forced him to leave Kraków; he would find sanctuary in Opava (Vatican however did not agree to remove him from his office). After his death in 1851, there would be no new bishop of Kraków until 1879.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skórkowski Karol . 2023-06-01 . encyklopediakrakowa.pl.
  2. Book: Porter-Szucs, Brian . Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism, Modernity, and Poland . 2011-06-03 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-987553-5 . 164 . en.