Jan Madaliński,

O. Cist. The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

(1589-1644) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1640–1644)."Bishop Jan Madaliński, O. Cist."
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 2, 2016"Archdiocese of Gniezno"
'' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 27, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 27, 2016

Biography

Jan Madaliński was born in 1589 and ordained a priest in the

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

. On 16 Apr 1640, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Urban VIII Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...

as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno and

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of ''Teodosia.'' He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno until his death in 1644. While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of

Piotr Mieszkowski Piotr Mieszkowski, Senior ( pl, Piotr Mieszkowski, starszy) (died 1652) was a bishop suffragan ('' episcopus suffraganeus'') of Włocławek. ''(in Latin)'' Author of several political books and brochures, among them ''Institutio peregrinationum ...

, Auxiliary Bishop of Włocławek (1643).

References

17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII 1589 births 1644 deaths Cistercian bishops {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub