Paweł Straszyński (26 January 1784 – 21 June 1847) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Augustów between 1837 and 1847.

Biography

Straszyński was born in

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. He attended the seminary there until 1805 and was ordained a priest on 25 January 1807 by Wojciech Józef Skarszewski. After his ordination, he served as a parish priest in

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and Kumów Plebański. He was made a honorary canon of the cathedral chapter in Lublin in 1810 and was appointed a canon of the same chapter in 1822. After moving with Wojciech Skarszewski to 1823 to

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, Straszyński was awarded a honorary doctorate from

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on 15 February 1825 and was appointed canon of the cathedral chapter of Warsaw in 1826. He was later appointed vice-custodian and

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of the cathedral chapter of Warsaw in 1829. On 16 October 1833, Straszyński was elected vicar capitular of the

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. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Augustów on 21 November 1836; he was consecrated on 8 January 1837 in the Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw by Franciszek Pawłowski, co-consecrated by Mateusz Maurycy Wojakowski and Konstanty Wincenty Plejewski. He died on 21 June 1847 and was buried in the cathedral in

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