Jerzy Tyszkiewicz ( lt, Jurgis Tiškevičius; 1596–1656) was
auxiliary bishop of
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
from 1627 to 1633,
bishop of Samogitia
Bishops of Samogitia, Samogitian diocese (now a part of Lithuania) from 1417 to 1926.
The seat of the diocese was in Varniai/Medininkai until 1864, when it was moved to Kaunas. It was liquidated in 1926 by Pope Pius XI when the archdiocese of Ka ...
from 1633 to 1649, and
bishop of Vilnius Bishops of Vilnius (Vilna, Wilna, Wilno) diocese from 1388 and archdiocese (archdiocese of Vilnius) from 1925: from 1649 to 1656.
Biography
He was born in Vistyčy ( be, Вістычы, lt, Vištytis) to a prominent
noble family
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of
Tyszkiewicz
Tyszkiewicz is the name of the Tyszkiewicz family, a Polish–Lithuanian magnate noble family of Ruthenian origin. The Lithuanian equivalent is Tiškevičius; it is frequently transliterated from Russian and Belarusian as Tyshkevich.
Other peopl ...
.
[Historical Dictionary of Lithuania. 2011, p.302]
Educated in
Jesuit
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academies, he took the
Holy Orders in 1622. He served as the
canon
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in
Kraków
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and later, Vilnius. In 1637, he founded a monastery in what would become the town of
Žemaičių Kalvarija
Žemaičių Kalvarija ( Samogitian: ''Žemaitiu Kalvarėjė'', pl, Kalwaria Żmudzka, en, Samogitian Calvary) is a small town in Plungė district municipality, Lithuania. It is known as a major site for Catholic pilgrimage.
Every July the tow ...
. Using his personal wealth, he built churches in
Surviliškis,
Kuliai,
Laukžemė,
Pušalotas and in other Lithuanian places. He was author of the several
Lithuanian language
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prayers and hymns.
[
He was seen as an active administrator, politician and diplomat.
]
References
Bibliography
* Nitecki P., ''Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce: w latach 965-1999. Słownik biograficzny'', wyd. 2, Warszawa 2000, , pp. 458-459.
* ''Wileński słownik biograficzny'', Bydgoszcz 2002, , p. 412.
External links
Bishop Jerzy Tyszkiewicz
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1596 births
1656 deaths
People from Vilkaviškis District Municipality
Jerzy
Canons of Kraków
Bishops of Vilnius
17th-century Polish nobility
Ecclesiastical senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth