Mikołaj Święcicki of the Jastrzębiec coat of arms (died 1707) was from 1697, the Bishop of Kiev, from 1699, the

Bishop of Poznań A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, the chancellor of the Poznań cathedral chapter in 1674–1679, the dean of the Poznań cathedral chapter in 1679-1701 scholastic of the collegiate chapter of Saint. John the Baptist in Warsaw, an official and vicar general in Mazovia in 1684.

Curriculum vitae

Election of Stanisław Leszczyński in 1704. He was a clerical deputy of the Poznań chapter for the

Crown Tribunal The Crown Tribunal ( pl, Trybunał Główny Koronny, la, Iudicium Ordinarium Generale Tribunalis Regni) was the highest appellate court in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland for most cases. Exceptions were if a noble landowner was threatened with ...

in 1676 and 1678. In 1704, he was an

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in the substitution of Archbishop Michał Stefan Radziejowski (deprived of jurisdiction by Pope Clement XI), a grand referendary from 1689, and the abbot of Trójceszyn. He was a member of the

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in 1704. A supporter of

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (; lt, Stanislovas Leščinskis; french: Stanislas Leszczynski; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at v ...

's choice as the King of Poland. Despite the opposition of the Pope, he proclaimed his candidate as King. For this act, on the orders of August II, Sasa was captured and sent back to

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. There, on the order of Pope Clement XI, he was imprisoned in

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, where he spent two and a half years. He died in

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when he was on his way back to Poland.Janusz Tazbir, Historia kościoła katolickiego w Polsce 1460-1795., (Warszawa 1966), p.149

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swiecicki, Mikolaj Bishops of Kyiv Year of birth unknown 17th-century births 1707 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth