Józef Wereszczyński (born 1530 in

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, 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

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. It is not known where he obtained his doctorate in theology. Before 1577 he became a

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. In 1581 he became an abbot of the Benedictine monastery in Sieciechów. In 1587 he supported the candidacy of

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...

. 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 1598 deaths {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub