Jan Klemens Gołaszewski
Jan Klemens Gołaszewski | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Sejny | |
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| Successor | Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Wigry (1805 – 1818) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1771 |
| Consecration | 5 March 1809 by Ignacy Raczyński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1748 |
| Died | 8 March 1820 (aged 71) Warsaw |
Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (23 November 1748 – 8 March 1820) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Sejny.
Biography
[edit]Gołaszewski was born in 1748 to Francziszek and Joanna Gołaszewski.[1] He began attending a college of the Congregation of the Mission in Warsaw in 1764; he professed his religious vows on 24 November 1766 and was ordained a priest in 1771.[2] While a Vincentian, he served as a professor and preacher;[3] he left the Congregation in 1774. After leaving the Congregation, he served as parish priest in Pawłowice and Waniewo, later being appointed dean in Bielsk Podlaski.[3] On 12 January 1798, Gołaszewski was appointed by Onufry Kajetan Szembek, bishop of Płock, as vicar and administrator of certain territories in the Diocese of Płock.[4] Gołaszewski was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Wigry in 1800 by Michał Franciszek Karpowicz, who was the diocese's first bishop.[3]
On 26 June 1805, Gołaszewski was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wigry by Pope Pius VII; he was consecrated on 5 March 1809 in Warsaw by Ignacy Raczyński, with his co-consecrators being Tymoteusz Gorzeński and Antonin Malinowski.[5] He was made a senator of Congress Poland in 1808, which he served as until his death in 1820;[6] while a senator, he served on committees for religion and public blessing, and was later awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class.[7] On 30 June 1818, the Diocese of Wigry was dissolved and Gołaszewski was made bishop of Sejny.[8] He died on 8 March 1820 and was buried at the Church of the Holy Cross on 11 March.[7]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Wielka encyklopedya powszechna ilustrowana (in Polish). Vol. XXV. 1900. pp. 340–341.
- ^ Sawicki 2017, p. 90.
- ^ a b c Jodkowski 2016, p. 226.
- ^ "Gołaszewski Jan Klemens". Encyklopedja kośćielna (in Polish). Vol. VI. 1875. pp. 283–286.
- ^ Sawicki 2017, p. 98.
- ^ Żychliński, Teodor (1893). Złota księga szlachty polskiéj (in Polish). Vol. XV. p. 213.
- ^ a b Encyklopedia powszechna (in Polish). Vol. X. 1862. pp. 161–162.
- ^ Jodkowski 2016, p. 227.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jodkowski, Marek (2016). "O nominacji ks. Jana Klemensa Gołaszewskiego na biskupa wigierskiego uwag kilka" [A few remarks on the nomination of Jan Klemens Gołaszewski for the bishop of Wigry]. Studia Ełckie (in Polish). 18 (3): 225–234.
- Sawicki, Ryszard (2017). "Działalność pastoralna i polityczna biskupa Jana Klemensa Gołaszewskiego (1748-1820)" [Pastoral and political activity of bishop Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (1748 – 1820)]. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne (in Polish). 1 (24): 89–115. doi:10.21697/wsp.2017.12.1.34.06.