Teofil Cyprian Wolicki Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Teofil Wolicki
Archdiocese of Gniezno
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Gniezno
Enthroned:1828
Ended:1829
Ordination:1792
Consecration:15 May 1829
Coat Of Arms:Herb Nabram.jpg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Episcopal coat of arms of Archbishop Teofil Wolicki,
Birth Date:20 September 1768
Birth Place:Godziętowy
Death Date:21 December 1829
Death Place:Poznań
Nationality:Polish

Teofil Cyprian Wolicki (1768–1829) was an 18th-century Primate of Poland and Bishop of Poznań and Włocławek.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. A. Biernat, I. Ihnatowicz, Vademecum do badań nad historią XIX i XX wieku, (Warszawa 2003), p462–470.
  2. Dziennik Konfederacyi Jeneralnej Królestwa Polskiego, (1812), p4.
  3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwoli.html Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7