Andrzej Gryfita was the

Bishop of Płock A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

from 1239 until his death in 1244 AD. He was also known as Andrzej of Brzeźnica.

Family

He was brother of

Klemens of Brzeźnica Klemens of Brzeźnica ( Polish: ''Klemens z Brzeźnicy, Klemens Klimontowic, Klemens Gryfita'') was a Polish nobleman who served as the Voivode of Opole and later as Castellan of Kraków. He was ultimately killed by Mongols at the Battle of Chmiel ...

Career

He was elected

Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

in 1239 with the support of

Bolesław Bolesław or Boleslav may refer to: People * Bolesław (given name) (also ''Boleslav'' or ''Boleslaus''), including a list of people with this name Geography * Bolesław, Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland * Bolesław, Olkusz Coun ...

Duke of Masovia Duke of Masovia () was a title borne by the sons and descendants of the Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. In accordance with the last will and testament of Bolesław, upon his death his lands were divided into four to five hereditary provinces ...

. As bishop he gained privileges from the Duke. He advocated for missions into

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

and made grants to the Church in Zambskach. Gryfita died on 7 January 1244. He was last mentioned in a document dated 4 August 1243, which was part of an ongoing legal action.Codex diplomaticus Poloniae. Bartoszewicz,

Warszawa Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greate ...

1858.

References

Bishops of Płock Year of birth unknown 13th-century births 1244 deaths 13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland Gryfit family {{Poland-bishop-stub