Teodor Andrzej Potocki (13 February 1664 – 12 December 1738) was a Polish nobleman (
szlachcic
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), Primate of Poland,
interrex in 1733.
Teodor was
Rector
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of
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
and
canon of
Kraków since 1687,
Bishop of
Chełmno since 1699 and
Bishop of
Warmia (Ermland) since 1711. In 1722 Teodor became
Archbishop
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of
Gniezno and
Primate of Poland.
He became interrex after the death of
Augustus II of Poland and led the
election of a new king in
Wola. In 1733 he declared and crowned
Stanisław I Leszczyński as the successor to Augustus II on the Polish throne. He supported Leszczyński during the following
War of the Polish Succession.
[Actum In Castro Sandomiriensi Sabbatho Ante Festvm Sanctorum Viti et Modesti martyrum proximo, Anno Domini millesimo sptingentesimo quarto, .n.s./ref>
Teodor was a protector of the Jesuits order and benefactor of churches, monasteries and palaces.
]
References
External links
List of Primates of Poland
Ecclesiastical senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1664 births
1738 deaths
Archbishops of Gniezno
Bishops of Warmia
Polish interreges
Teodor
18th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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