Stefan Antoni Mdzewski Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Stefan Antoni Mdzewski
Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno
Titular Bishop of Calama
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Gniezno
Term:1699–1718
Ordination:2 May 1671
Consecration:12 Mar 1690
Consecrated By:Bogusław Leszczyński (bishop)
Birth Date:1653
Birth Place:Plock
Death Date:16 May 1718 (age 65)
Death Place:Gniezno, Poland
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Stefan Antoni Mdzewski, O.P. (1653–1718) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1699–1718) and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (1690-1699).[1] [2] [3]

Biography

Stefan Antoni Mdzewski was born in Plock in 1653 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers on 2 May 1671. On 11 Jan 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Titular Bishop of Calama. On 12 Mar 1690, he was consecrated bishop by Bogusław Leszczyński (bishop), Bishop of Lutsk, with Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, Bishop of Kyiv and Chernihiv, serving as co-consecrator. On 13 Aug 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death on 16 May 1718.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

External links and additional sources

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmdze.html "Bishop Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P."
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgnie.html "Archdiocese of Gniezno"
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/gnie0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno"