Szymon Marcin Kozłowski (; 5 November 1819 – 17 November 1889) was an Archbishop of Mohilev.

Biography

Kozłowski was born in

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to Jan and Madgalena Kozłowski. In 1839 – after completing schooling in

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– he began to study at the theological seminary in Vilnius. In 1841, after receiving a

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, he began to study theology at the theological academy in Vilnius. He later moved to St. Petersburg in 1842 to continue his studies. He was made a

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on 14 September 1844 and a deacon on 23 September; he was ordained a priest on 23 December in St. Petersburg by Kazimierz Dmochowski. He completed his education at the

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in 1845 with a magister's in theology, graduating with ''sumna cum laude'' honors. In 1846, Kozłowski was made professor of moral theology and

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at the Vilnius Theological Academy. In 1848, he was appointed a professor of church history and canon law at the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. He was later made rector of the Vilnius Theological Academy in 1851. While working as rector, he was made an

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in 1852. In 1862, he was awarded a doctorate in theology from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. On 28 March 1883, Kozłowski was appointed Bishop of Lutsk and Zytomyr by

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; he was consecrated on 13 May 1883 in the Church of St. Catherine by

Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz (16 June 1823 – 4 June 1902) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Kujawy-Kaliska from 1882 to 1902. Biography Bereśniewicz was born in Szwelnia. When he was 10 years old, he began his educatio ...

, bishop of Włocławek, assisted by Tomasz Teofil Kuliński, bishop of Kielce, and Karol Hryniewiecki, bishop of Vilnius. His ingress took place at Lutsk on 7 July 1883. On 17 December 1891, he was appointed Archbishop of Mohilev. He died on 14 November 1899 and was buried at a cemetery in St. Petersburg on 17 November.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcin Kozłowski, Szymon 1819 births Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishops 1889 deaths 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Russian Empire Bishops appointed by Pope Leo XIII