Szczepan Hołowczyc

Szczepan Hołowczyc
Primate of Poland Archbishop of Warsaw
Painting of Hołowczyc by Antoni Brodowski
Appointed	17 December 1819
Predecessor	Franciszek Skarbek-Malczewski
Successor	Wojciech Skarszewski
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Sandomierz (1819–1820)
Orders
Ordination	1772
Consecration	6 June 1819 by Adam Michał Prażmowski
Personal details
Born	(1741-08-19)19 August 1741
Died	27 August 1823(1823-08-27) (aged 82) Warsaw, Congress Poland

Szczepan Hołowczyc[a] 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. 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.