Church Roman Catholic Coat of arms Appointed May 31, 1833 Nationality Polish Ordination September 2, 1810 | In office 1833-1838 Consecration August 15, 1815 Name Andrzej Ankwicz | |
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Born June 17, 1777Krakow, Poland ( 1777-06-17 ) Previous post Archbishop of Lviv (1915-1933) Predecessor Alois Josef Krakovsky z Kolovrat | ||
Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz ([ˈandʐɛj aˈlɔjzɨ ˈaŋkfit͡ʂ]; Czech: Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice; German: Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice) (22 June 1777, Kraków - 26 March 1838) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1833 to 1838.
Biography
Ankwicz was born in Kraków, Poland in 1777. He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1810. In 1815, he was appointed and ordained archbishop of Lviv in Ukraine. He remained in this capacity for 18 years until 30 September 1833 when he was appointed the archbishop of Prague. He died at the age of 60 years on 26 March 1838 to be succeeded in his archbishopric by Alois Josef Schrenk.
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