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Michał Franciszek Karpowicz

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Michał Franciszek Karpowicz
Bishop of Wigry
Appointed5 April 1799
SuccessorJan Klemens Gołaszewski
Orders
Ordination1767
Consecration30 March 1800
by John Baptist Albertrandi
Personal details
Born(1744-10-04)4 October 1744
Died5 November 1803(1803-11-05) (aged 59)
Berżniki

Michał Franciszek Karpowicz (4 October 1744 – 5 November 1803) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Wigry.

Biography

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Karpowicz was born near Brest. He was educated between 1757 and 1761 by the Jesuits, entering a Jesuit seminary in Brest on 26 July 1761. He was ordained a priest in 1767 and continued to learn philosophy at the Jesuit seminary in Brest between 1767 and 1771, afterwhich he taught theology at a seminary in Kraków until 1772.[1] Karpowicz graduated from Vilnius University with a doctorate in theology on 5 August 1774,[2] and was made archdeacon of Smolensk in 1776.[3]

On 22 November 1783, Karpowicz was made professor of dogmatic theology at Vilnius University.[2][4] He was also made a canon of Poznan the same year.[3] Karpowicz was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wigry on 5 April 1799.[5] He was consecrated on 30 March 1800 in Holy Cross Church by John Baptist Albertrandi,[6] co-consecrated by Tomasz Ostaszewski and Adam Michał Prażmowski.[7] He died on 5 November 1803 in Berżniki and was buried on 12 December 1803 at the monastery in Wigry.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ Nowodworski 1877, p. 116.
  2. ^ a b Ritzler, Remigius (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. VI. p. 446.
  3. ^ a b Mačiulytė, Kristina (2011). "Mykolas Pranciškus Karpavičius". Senosios Lietuvos literatūra, 1253-1795 (PDF) (in Lithuanian). pp. 338–344.
  4. ^ Chełmicki 1910, p. 369.
  5. ^ Nowodworski 1877, p. 118.
  6. ^ Sawicki, Ryszard (2017). "Diecezja wigierska i jej dziedzictwo historyczno-pastoralne". Studia Ełckie (in Polish) (19): 369.
  7. ^ Prokop, Krzysztof (2010). "Sakry i sukcesja święceń biskupich pasterzy diecezji Wigierskiej, Sejneńskiej (Augustowskiej) oraz Łomżyńskiej" (PDF). Studia Teologiczne – Białystok, Drohiczyn, Łomża (in Polish) (28): 336.
  8. ^ Chełmicki 1910, p. 370.
  9. ^ Nowodworski 1877, p. 120.

Bibliography

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  • Chełmicki, Zygmunt, ed. (1910). "Karpowicz Michał". Podręczna encyklopedya kosćielna (in Polish). Vol. XIX–XX. pp. 369–370.
  • Nowodworski, Michał, ed. (1877). "Karpowicz Michał Franciszek". Encyklopedya kosćielna (in Polish). Vol. X. pp. 116–121.