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Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski

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Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski
Archbishop of Warsaw
Appointed18 October 1856
Previous post(s)Auxiliary bishop of Płock (1842 – 1856)
Titular bishop of Hermopolis (1842–1856)
Orders
Ordination1800
Consecration15 May 1842
by Franciszek Pawłowski
Personal details
Born(1778-01-03)3 January 1778
Died5 October 1861(1861-10-05) (aged 83)
Warsaw

Antoni Melchior Optat Fijałkowski (3 January 1778 – 5 October 1861) was a Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Warsaw from 1856 to 1861. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Płock and titular bishop of Hermopolis from 1842 to 1856.

Biography

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Fijałkowski was born in Pszczew to Stefan and Beata Fijałkowski. He was educated at a school in Poznań before entering the seminary in Gniezno. He was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Kujawy-Kaliska in 1800.[1] In 1811, at the age of 33, he was made a canon of the cathedral chapter of the Diocese. In 1818, he was appointed as cantor for the collegiate church in Wolbórz. After the church was dissolved, he was made parish vicar at Przedecz.[2] Between 1824 and 1827, he served as a "general official" on behalf of Józef Szczepan Koźmian. He founded St. Anthony Hospital in Włocławek in 1830, to which he later bequeathed a sum of 4,000 złoty.[1]

On 28 July 1840, Fijałkowski was nominated as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Płock.[2] He was preconized on 27 January 1842 as auxiliary bishop of Płock and titular bishop of Hermopolis. Fijałkowski was consecrated at Włocławek Cathedral on 15 May 1842 by Franciszek Pawłowski, assisted by Walenty Maciej Tomaszewski and Józef Goldtmann.[1] He was awarded the Order of St. Anna, 1st class, in May 1855.[3] On 18 October 1856, Fijałkowski was appointed by Pope Pius IX as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Warsaw; he received his pallium from Tadeusz Łubieński at St. John's Archcathedral on 11 January 1857. He died on 5 October 1861 in Warsaw, and was buried on 11 October of the same year in St. John's Archcathedral.[4]

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Ł. 1914, p. 262.
  2. ^ a b Bartoszewicz 1861, p. 819.
  3. ^ Bartoszewicz 1861, p. 821.
  4. ^ Ł. 1914, p. 263.

Bibliography

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  • Bartoszewicz, Julian (1861). "Fijałkowski (Antoni Melchior Optat)". Encyklopedja powszechna (in Polish). Vol. 8. pp. 819–825.
  • Ł., L. (1914). "Fijałkowski Antoni Melchior Optat". Podręczna encyklopedia kościelna (in Polish). Vol. XI–XII. pp. 262–263.

See also

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Religious titles
Preceded by Archbishop of Warsaw
1856–1861
Succeeded by