Teofil Cyprian Wolicki

Teofil Wolicki

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.

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. ↑ Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi, Volume 7, Page 204.
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