Dobiesław Sówka (of Prawdzic coat of arms) was a fourteenth-century

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 ...

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who held office from 1375 to 1381 AD. He was son of Jan Sowiec, castellan of Dobrzyń. His brother was Stanisław Sówka. According to older historians his family was from Gulczewo near

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Now it is accepted that Sówka was from Szczawin. He was made Bishop following the death of his brother Stanislaw who had been

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 ...

. Stanislaw, had himself succeed another their cousin, Mikołaj Sówka z Gulczewa. Dobiesław was bishop from 5 July 1375 to 12 January 1381.

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Bishops of Płock 14th-century Polish nobility Clan of Prawdzic Year of birth unknown 1381 deaths 14th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Poland {{Poland-reli-bio-stub