Piotr Mieszkowski, Senior ( pl, Piotr Mieszkowski, starszy) (died 1652) was a

bishop 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 ...

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

('' episcopus suffraganeus'') of

Włocławek Włocławek (Polish pronunciation: ; german: Leslau) is a city located in central Poland along the Vistula (Wisła) River and is bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park. As of December 2021, the population of the city is 106,928. Loc ...

. ''(in Latin)'' Author of several political books and brochures, among them ''Institutio peregrinationum, peregrinantibus peroportuna...,'' (

Lovanium Lovanium University (french: Université Lovanium) was a Catholic Jesuit university in Kinshasa in the Belgian Congo. The university was established in 1954 on the Kimwenza plateau, near Kinshasa. The university continued to function after in ...

, 1625). In 1644 he

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

the

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

Katedra p.w. Najświętszej Panny Marii in

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Polski Słownik Biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigners ...

* Hanna Dziechcińska, ''O staropolskich dziennikach podróży''
EPOKA Wocławek
(in Polish)

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* (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) * (for Chronology of Bishops) 1652 deaths Bishops of Kujawy and Włocławek Polish male writers Year of birth unknown Bishops appointed by Pope Urban VIII 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub

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