Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki
{{Short description|Polish Roman Catholic bishop}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
|name = Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki
|title = Bishop of Włocławek
|image = Stanisław Zdzitowiecki.png
|appointed = 9 June 1902
|predecessor = Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz
|successor = Władysław Paweł Krynicki
|ordination = 23 July 1877
|consecration = 23 November 1902
|ordained_by = Wincenty Teofil Popiel
|consecrated_by = Jerzy Józef Szembek
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1854|2|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Barczkowice
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|2|11|1854|2|12|df=yes}}
|death_place =
}}
Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki (12 February 1854 – 11 February 1927) was a bishop of Włocławek from 1902 to 1927.
Biography
Zdzitowiecki was born to Wincent and Julia Zdzitowiecki ({{nee|Parska}}{{Sfn|Gręźlikowski|2013|p=158}}) in 1854 in Barczkowice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.katedrawloclawek.pl/ksieza_biskupi.php?id=36|title=Biskup Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki|website=katedrawloclawek.pl|language=pl}} After completing school in Piotrków, he began to attend the seminary in Warsaw in 1872.{{Cite news|url=https://gazetacz.com.pl/stanislaw-kazimierz-zdzitowiecki-1854-1927-biskup-749/|title=STANISŁAW KAZIMIERZ ZDZITOWIECKI (1854 – 1927) BISKUP|first=Roman|last=Winiarek|date=29 November 2001|newspaper=Gazeta Częstochowa|number=527|language=pl}} He was ordained a priest on 23 July 1877 by Wincenty Teofil Popiel, Archbishop of Warsaw.{{Sfn|Gręźlikowski|2013|p=158}}
After working as a priest in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Warsaw, Zdzitowiecki was sent to Rome, where he obtained a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1882. He was later assigned to work under the bishop of Sandomierz, Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz. While working under Sotkiewicz, Zdzitowiecki was chancellor of the diocesan curia of the Diocese of Sandomierz and a professor at the diocesan seminary located there. He was also appointed a canon of the cathedral chapter of Sandomierz.{{Cite book|chapter=Zdzitowiecki Stanisław Kazimierz|title=Podręczna encyklopedya kościelna|date=1912|language=pl|volume=XLIII–XLIV|page=201}} Upon the death of Sotkiewicz, he was made diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Sandomierz.
On 9 June 1902, Zdzitowiecki was appointed Bishop of Kujawy-Kaliska by Leo XIII; he was consecrated on 23 November 1902 in St. Petersburg by Jerzy Józef Szembek and had his ingress in December the same year.{{Sfn|Gręźlikowski|2013|p=159}} During his tenure as bishop, Pius X – at Zdzitowiecki's request – granted Włocławek Cathedral the title of minor basilica in 1909.{{Cite news|url=https://www.przewodnik-katolicki.pl/Archiwum/2005/Przewodnik-Katolicki-34-2005/Diecezja-Wloclawska/Biskup-o-wiezy-jasnogorskiej|title=Biskup o wieży jasnogórskiej|first=Piotr|last=Pawłowski|date=2005|newspaper={{Ill|Przewodnik Katolicki|pl}}|issue=34|language=pl}} He died in 1927 and was buried in Włocławek Cathedral.{{Sfn|Gręźlikowski|2013|page=163}}
References
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- {{Cite journal|url=https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1372475|title=Działalność kościelna biskupów włocławskich w okresie kujawsko-kaliskim diecezji|first=Janusz|last=Gręźlikowski|date=2013|journal=Prawo Kanoniczne|volume=53|issue=3|pages=158–163|language=pl}}
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Category:Polish Roman Catholic bishops