Ludwik Bartłomiej Załuski (born 1 June 1661 – 24 December 1721 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish

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of the

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Auxiliary Bishop of Przemysl, and the

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Early life

He was born 1661 into the Junosza

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, the son of Alexander a

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Governor, and his wife Catherine. He was related to

Andrzej Stanisław Załuski Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski (2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758) was a priest (bishop) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. In his religious career he held the posts of abbot and later Bishop of Płock (from 1723), bishop of Ł ...

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and brother of his own predecessor Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski. His other brothers included Marcin Załuski and Aleksander Józef Załuski. Educated in

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and

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, His career included being

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, curator of ''the Royal

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'' and, Chancellor of Crown Queen ''Maria Casimira''.

Episcopal career

On 1 April 1699 he became

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, replacing Andrew Chrysostom his brother. His reign as

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coincided with the

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, with some 50 destroyed churches. However, he worked to rebuild and expand the number of churches. He also opened on 6 May 1710 a

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in Płock. In 1720 began construction on the back of the ''Church of our Lady of Graces'' in

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and the

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college there. Julian Bartoszewicz: Kościoły Warszawskie rzymsko-katolickie opisane pod względem historycznym, Warszawa 1855
p. 127-148

References

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