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.[1] On 11 Jan 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Titular Bishop of Calama.[1] 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.[1] On 13 Aug 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno.[1] He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death on 16 May 1718.[1]
Episcopal succession
While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:[1]
- Kazimierz Jan Szczuka, Bishop of Chelmno (1693);
- Kazimierz Łubieński, Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków (1701);
- Aleksander Benedykt Wyhowski, Bishop of Lutsk (1703); and
- Jan Mikolaj Łubieniecki, Bishop of Bacău (1711).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bishop Stefan Antonin Mdzewski, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Gniezno" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 27, 2016
External links and additional sources
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Lutsk". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Lutsk (Ukraine)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
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