Andrzej Szołdrski (c. 1583–1650) of

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was a Polish nobleman and

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priest. Son of Stanisław Szołdrski, owner of Czempiń, and Małgorzata Manicka. He studied at

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school in

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. According to some sources, he served as bishop of Kijów (Kiev) from February 1633 to 1635 and apostolican administrator of Kraków's diocese. He became

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in 1635 (August–October), then elected a

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in fall 1636. Died on 1 April 1650. He was the sponsor of the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Poznań after the fire in 1622, and he was buried there after his death.

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