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Church
  
Catholic Church

Ordination
  
2 May 1671

In office
  
1699-1718

Consecration
  
12 Mar 1690 by Bogusław Leszczyński (bishop)

Died
  
16 May 1718, Gniezno, Poland

Archdiocese
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno

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Stefan Antonin 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).

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Biography

Stefan Antonin Mdzewski was born in Plock in 1653 and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers on 2 May 1671. On 11 Jan 1690, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk and Titular Bishop of Calama. 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. On 13 Aug 1699, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death on 16 May 1718.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

  • 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

    Stefan Antonin Mdzewski Wikipedia
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