Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki (12 February 1854 – 11 February 1927) was a bishop of

Włocławek Włocławek (; or ''Alt Lesle'', Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: ''Vlatzlavek'') is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park ...

from 1902 to 1927.

Biography

Zdzitowiecki was born to Wincent and Julia Zdzitowiecki () in 1854 in Barczkowice. After completing school in Piotrków, he began to attend the seminary in Warsaw in 1872. He was ordained a priest on 23 July 1877 by Wincenty Teofil Popiel, Archbishop of Warsaw. After working as a priest in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Warsaw, Zdzitowiecki was sent to Rome, where he obtained a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

from the

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in 1882. He was later assigned to work under the bishop of Sandomierz, Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz. While working under Sotkiewicz, Zdzitowiecki was chancellor of the diocesan curia of the Diocese of Sandomierz and a professor at the diocesan seminary located there. He was also appointed a canon of the cathedral chapter of Sandomierz. Upon the death of Sotkiewicz, he was made

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of the Diocese of Sandomierz. On 9 June 1902, Zdzitowiecki was appointed Bishop of Kujawy-Kaliska by

Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the A ...

; he was consecrated on 23 November 1902 in St. Petersburg by Jerzy Józef Szembek and had his ingress in December the same year. During his tenure as bishop,

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– at Zdzitowiecki's request – granted

Włocławek Cathedral The Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption is a large Gothic architecture, Gothic building situated in the Polish city of Włocławek located near to the Vistula, Vistula River. Construction on the cathedral began in the 1340s, and it was ...

the title of

minor basilica Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectura ...

in 1909. He died in 1927 and was buried in Włocławek Cathedral.

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