Ignacy Antoni Raczyński (6 August 1741 – 19 February 1823) was a primate of Poland and archbishop of

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Biography

Raczyński was born in Małoszyna to Antoni and Katarzyna Raczyński. He joined an order of the

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based in

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on 5 August 1760; he was ordained to the subdiaconate on 26 July 1770, ordained to the diaconate on 29 July 1770, and finally was ordained a priest on 31 July 1770. He later studied at a Jesuit college in

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; upon his return to Poland in July 1773, he was appointed priest for

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. In 1776, he was appointed a canon of

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. On 12 September 1794, Raczyński was appointed bishop of

; he was consecrated on 9 November 1794 at

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by Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński, titular bishop of Nicopolis. Raczyński was later appointed archbishop of Gniezno through letters patent granted by

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on 3 May 1805 and was formally transferred to the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 26 August 1806. In addition, he was appointed apostolic administrator of

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on 17 June 1806. Raczyński assumed control of the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 10 December 1807. He resigned as archbishop of Gniezno in 1818 and moved to a Jesuit college in Rome, moving in 1821 to Brzozowa. He died on 19 February 1823 in

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