Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz | |
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Bishop of Sandomierz | |
Appointed | 16 April 1897 |
Predecessor | Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz |
Successor | Marian Józef Ryx |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 December 1869 |
Consecration | 16 November 1897 by Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis |
Personal details | |
Born | Wyrozęby, Poland | 26 December 1842
Died | 3 January 1908 Sandomierz, Poland | (aged 65)
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Vilnius (1897 – 1902) |
Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz (26 December 1842 – 3 January 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz and of the Diocese of Vilnius.
Zwierowicz was born in Wyrozęby. [1] He attended high school in Białystok, from which he graduated in 1861. After this, he attended the seminary in Vilnius, [2] graduating in 1864. He then began to attend the seminary in St. Petersburg, where he was ordained in 1869. He completed his studies in 1870, attaining a magister's in theology. [3]
In April the same year, Zwierowicz was appointed a professor at the seminary in Vilnius, [3] where he taught the history of the Catholic Church as well as theology and exegesis. [4] He also served as rector of a local high school between 1877 and 1878, and would later become rector of the seminary between 1882 and 1883. [3]
In 1887, Zwierowicz was made canon of the cathedral in Vilnius; he was made administrator of the Diocese in Vilnius in 1897, [5] succeeding Ludwik Zdanowicz. In April that year, he was appointed Bishop of Vilnius; he was consecrated in November in St. Petersburg by Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis, Bishop of Samogitia. [6] In 1902, he was exiled to Tver for issuing a letter to the clergy of the Diocese of Vilnius that condemned the Russification of schools within the diocese. [7] In September, he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII as Bishop of Sandomierz. [8] He assumed control of the diocese on 30 December. [9]
Zwierowicz died in 1908 and was buried at the cathedral in Sandomierz. [10]
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Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz | |
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Bishop of Sandomierz | |
Appointed | 16 April 1897 |
Predecessor | Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz |
Successor | Marian Józef Ryx |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2 December 1869 |
Consecration | 16 November 1897 by Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis |
Personal details | |
Born | Wyrozęby, Poland | 26 December 1842
Died | 3 January 1908 Sandomierz, Poland | (aged 65)
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Vilnius (1897 – 1902) |
Stefan Aleksander Zwierowicz (26 December 1842 – 3 January 1908) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Sandomierz and of the Diocese of Vilnius.
Zwierowicz was born in Wyrozęby. [1] He attended high school in Białystok, from which he graduated in 1861. After this, he attended the seminary in Vilnius, [2] graduating in 1864. He then began to attend the seminary in St. Petersburg, where he was ordained in 1869. He completed his studies in 1870, attaining a magister's in theology. [3]
In April the same year, Zwierowicz was appointed a professor at the seminary in Vilnius, [3] where he taught the history of the Catholic Church as well as theology and exegesis. [4] He also served as rector of a local high school between 1877 and 1878, and would later become rector of the seminary between 1882 and 1883. [3]
In 1887, Zwierowicz was made canon of the cathedral in Vilnius; he was made administrator of the Diocese in Vilnius in 1897, [5] succeeding Ludwik Zdanowicz. In April that year, he was appointed Bishop of Vilnius; he was consecrated in November in St. Petersburg by Mečislovas Leonardas Paliulionis, Bishop of Samogitia. [6] In 1902, he was exiled to Tver for issuing a letter to the clergy of the Diocese of Vilnius that condemned the Russification of schools within the diocese. [7] In September, he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII as Bishop of Sandomierz. [8] He assumed control of the diocese on 30 December. [9]
Zwierowicz died in 1908 and was buried at the cathedral in Sandomierz. [10]
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