Szczepan Hołowczyc
Primate of Poland
Archbishop of Warsaw
Painting of Hołowczyc by Antoni Brodowski
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseSandomierz
Appointed29 March 1819
SuccessorAdam Prosper Burzyński
Orders
Ordination1772
Consecration6 June 1819
by Adam Michał Prażmowski
Personal details
Born(1741-08-19)19 August 1741
Died27 August 1823(1823-08-27) (aged 82)
Warsaw, Congress Poland
Previous post(s)Bishop of Sandomierz (1819–1820)

Szczepan Hołowczyc[lower-alpha 1] de armis Pierzchała (19 August 1741–27 August 1823)[1] was an Archbishop of Warsaw[2] and a Senator of Congress Poland.[3]

He was the son of Basil and Mary Hołowczyc (née Ostaszkiewicz), who came from a Belarusian noble family located near Pinsk. He was ordained in 1772. From 1774 to 1776, he traveled Europe for scientific purposes; upon returning to Poland, he was made secretary to Andrzej Młodziejowski[4] and later Michał Jerzy Poniatowski.[5] He served as canon at the cathedrals of the Archdiocese of Warsaw in 1781 and of the Archdiocese of Kraków in 1783; he was also dean of the cathedral of the Diocese of Kielce.[4]

Hołowczyc was appointed bishop of Sandomierz on 29 March 1819.[6] On 6 June 1819, he was consecrated as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz by Adam Michał Prażmowski, bishop of Płock;[7] he was later made Archbishop of Warsaw in 1820, with Adam Prosper Burzyński succeeding him as Bishop of Sandomierz.[8]

On 17 December 1819, Hołowczyc was appointed Primate of Poland, succeeding Poniatowski.[9][10] He died on 27 August 1823; his funeral was held on 5 September.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Also named as Stefan Hołowczyc.

References

  1. ↑ "Stefan Hołowczyc h. Pierzchała (Kolumna)". sejm-wielki.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Gazeta Lwowska (in Polish). 1857. p. 76. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Encyklopedia powszechna (in Polish). Vol. 12. Wydawn. Artystlyczne i Filmowe. 1863. pp. 71–73. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 Włoczyk, Piotr (2013). ADAM PROSPER BURZYŃSKI OFM (1775-1830): ZAKONNIK – MISJONARZ – BISKUP (PDF) (in Polish). p. 5. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Cieszkowski, Stanisław (1891). Senatorowie Księstwa Warszawskiego i Królestwa Kongressowego: 1807-1815-1831 (in Polish). Druk Józefa Filipowicza. p. 40. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Abp Szczepan Hołowczyc, metropolita warszawski i prymas Królestwa Polskiego". archwwa.pl (in Polish). 20 February 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ↑ 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: 36. ISBN 978-83-934926-3-3.
  8. ↑ "Catholic Encyclopedia". 1912. p. 437. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. ↑ ADAM PROSPER BURZYŃSKI OFM (1775-1830): ZAKONNIK – MISJONARZ – BISKUP. p. 53.
  10. ↑ Senatorowie Księstwa Warszawskiego i Królestwa Kongressowego: 1807-1815-1831. p. 41.
  11. ↑ "Festiwal Mozartowski w Warszawie". 1920. p. 58. Retrieved 14 December 2021.


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