Józef Wereszczyński
(born 1530 in
Zbaraż, died 1598) was a Polish political writer, polemicist, moralist, preacher, and
bishop of Kiev.
He was probably born in Zbaraż, in 1530, as the son of Andrzej of Ruthenian origin, and Anna née Jaroski (Jaroski or Jarocki). He grew up and was educated in
Krasnystaw. It is not known where he obtained his doctorate in theology. Before 1577 he became a
canon of
Chełmno. In 1581 he became an abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Sieciechów. In 1587 he supported the candidacy of
Sigismund III Vasa. In 1592 he became the bishop of Kiev.
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Roman Catholic bishops of Kyiv
Benedictine abbots
Polish nobility
17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish abbots
16th-century Polish monks
16th-century Christian abbots
1598 deaths
1530 births
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