Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis
Bishop of Samogitia
Appointed15 March 1883
Orders
Ordination27 February 1860[1]
Consecration3 June 1883
by Szymon Marcin Kozłowski[2]
Personal details
Born(1834-11-19)19 November 1834
Panevėžys
Died15 May 1908(1908-05-15) (aged 73)
Kaunas[3]
Ordination history
History
Priestly ordination
Date1860
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorSzymon Marcin Kozłowski
Co-consecratorsKazimierz Józef Wnorowski, Józef Hollak
Date3 June 1883
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis as principal consecrator
Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz16 November 1897
Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski21 November 1897
Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski5 December 1897
Kasper Felicjan Cyrtowt12 December 1897
Antanas Karosas16 June 1907

Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis (Polish: Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon; 19 November 1834 – 15 May 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Samogitia.

Biography

Paliulionis was born in 1834 in Panevėžys;[4] he attended the gymnasium there and, upon graduating from it, attended the seminary in Varniai and later St. Petersburg, where he was ordained a priest in 1860.[3] After being ordained, he served as a professor of dogmatic theology in Kaunas and Varniai[5] and also as a catechist.[6]

Paliulionis was appointed Bishop of Samogitia on 15 March 1883;[7] he was consecrated on 3 June by Szymon Marcin Kozłowski, bishop of Lutsk and Zytomierz, assisted by Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski, bishop of Lublin, and Józef Hollak, titular bishop of Arad.[2] He died on 15 May 1908, in Kaunas.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kumor, Bolesław (1980). "Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon". Polski Słownik Biograficzny (in Polish). Vol. XXV. pp. 94–95.
  2. 1 2 Prokop, Krzysztof (2012). "Wypisy z XVIII- i XIX-wiecznej prasy periodycznej na temat sakr biskupów kośioła katolickiego z historycznysh ziem polskich". Biuletyn Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej (in Polish). LXII: 50. ISBN 978-83-934926-3-3.
  3. 1 2 3 "ks. Mieczysław Pallulon" (PDF). Dzienik Powszechny (in Polish). Vol. XXVI, no. 136. 18 May 1908. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Biesiada Literacka" (in Polish). Vol. 15, no. 389. 1883. p. 377.
  5. ↑ Junkevičius 2011, p. 73.
  6. ↑ Wodzianowski, Irena (2012). "Carski wywiad w Watykanie na przełomie XIX i XX wieku (przyczynek do dziejów Kościoła katolickiego w imperium rosyjskim)". Teka Komisji Historycznej (in Polish). IX: 157. Mieczysław Leonard Pallulon (1834–1908) po studiach teologicznych w Worniach i w Akademii Duchownej w Petersburgu pracował jako profesor seminarium duchownego i katecheta w Worniach i Kownie.
  7. ↑ Kalendarz katolicki na rok Pański 1888 (PDF) (in Polish). 1888. p. 36.

Bibliography

  • Junkevičius, Petras (2011). "Vyskupas Mečislovas Pauiulionis". Jie išgarsino Panevėžio kraštą (PDF) (in Lithuanian). pp. 73–80.
  • Dambrauskas, Aleksandras (1930). "Vyskupas Mečislovas-Leonardas Paliulionis". Užgesę žiburiai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). pp. 213–224.
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