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Jerzy Józef Szembek
Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (14 June 1851 – 7 August 1905) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev. He previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Płock from 1901 to 1903. Biography Szembek was born to Józef and Józefa () Szembek; he was a member of the Szembek family. In 1863, he began attending Saint Anne's Gymnasium. He graduated in 1869, after which he began attending Jagiellonian University, where he studied the history of Polish literature and law. He intended to become a professor of chemistry — however, his grandfather forbade him from doing so and he was sent across Europe, including to Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Eventually, after years of unbelief, and under the influence of Albin Dunajewski, he began to study Christianity, and received the rite of baptism on 8 May 1883. After the death of his father, Szembek began attending the diocesan seminary at Saratov on 25 July 1890; after completing his theological studies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Mohilev
The Archdiocese of Mohilev (or Mogilev or Mahilyow) was a territorial Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, covering the greater part of the territory of the Tsarist Russian Empire (from St Petersburg to Vladivostock). The Cathedral was the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Stanislav in Mohilev, the co-cathedral was the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Petersburg. Its effective see was the imperial capital city Saint Petersburg. Throughout its entire existence, it was the largest territorial unit of the Catholic Church in the world. The archdiocese remained the Latin metropolitan see for Russia throughout imperial times and the Soviet period, although for much of the latter period it was the subject of repression and had no incumbent archbishop. History The establishment of a bishopric became a necessity as a result of the First Partition of Poland, when significant amounts of territory inhabited by Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |