Jan Wężyk
{{Short description|Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop}}
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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Jan Wężyk
| title = Archbishop of Gniezno
Primate of Poland
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| church = Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Archdiocese of Gniezno
| diocese =
| see =
| term = 1626-1638
| predecessor = Henryk Firlej
| successor = Jan Lipski
| ordination =
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 1620
| consecrated_by = Wawrzyniec Gembicki
| cardinal =
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| birth_date = 1575
| birth_place = Wola Wężykowa, Poland
| death_date = 27 May 1638 (age 63)
| death_place = Gniezno, Poland
| previous_post = Bishop of Przemyśl (1620–1624)
Bishop of Poznań (1624–1627)
| nationality = Polish
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Jan Wężyk (1575–1638), of Wąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop and Primate of Poland.
Biography
Jan Wężyk was born in Wola Wężykowa, Poland in 1575.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwezyk.html "Archbishop Jan Wężyk"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 3, 2016 In 1619, he was selected by the King of Poland as Bishop of Przemyśl and confirmed by Pope Paul V on 17 Feb 1620. Later in 1620, he was consecrated bishop by Wawrzyniec Gembicki, Archbishop of Gniezno. On 13 May 1624, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Poznań and installed on 1 Jul 1624. In 1626, he was selected by the King of Poland as Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland and confirmed by Pope Urban VIII on 22 Mar 1627.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgnie.html "Archdiocese of Gniezno"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 3, 2016[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/gnie0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved July 3, 2016
He served as interrex (for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza. As the interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections. He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, and took part in reform of church law in Poland. He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata (1629), Synodus provincialis Gnesensis (1634), and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium (1630).
He served as Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland until his death on 27 May 1638.
Episcopal succession
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While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of:
and the principal co-consecrator of:
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References
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External links
- [http://www.archidiecezja.pl/panorama/katedra360/index.html Virtual tour Gniezno Cathedral ]
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{{s-bef | before=Stanisław Sieciński}}
{{s-ttl | title=Bishop of Przemyśl | years=1620–1624}}
{{s-aft | after=Achacy Grochowski}}
{{s-bef | before=Andrzej Opaleński}}
{{s-ttl | title=Bishop of Poznań | years=1624–1627}}
{{s-aft | after=Maciej Łubieński}}
{{s-bef|before=Henryk II Firlej}}
{{s-ttl|title=Primate of Poland
Archbishop of Gniezno|years=1626–1638}}
{{s-aft|after=Jan Lipski}}
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External links
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwezyk.html Catholic-hierarchy.org entry]
- [http://prymaspolski.pl/prymasi/ List of Primates of Poland ]
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Category:Archbishops of Gniezno
Category:17th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Paul V
Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII
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