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Teofil Wolicki


Teofil Cyprian Wolicki

Teofil Cyprian Wolicki (1768–1829) was an 18th-century Primate of Poland and Bishop of Poznań and Włocławek.

Life

He was born 30 October 1768 in Doruchów.

He graduated from Seminary in Warsaw, and ordained a priest. Then he studied law and theology at the Academy of Vilnius and in Rome.

After his return to Poland, he worked in the Office of the Crown Chancellery and a library of Stanisław August Poniatowski, under the direction of Bishop John Baptist Albertrandi.

He became Archbishop of Gniezno on 17 May 1829.

He died December 21, 1829 in Poznań.

References

Teofil Cyprian Wolicki Wikipedia