Józef Andrzej Załuski was a Polish Catholic priest, Bishop of Kiev, a sponsor of learning and culture, and a renowned bibliophile. A member of the Polish nobility (szlachta), bearing the hereditary Junosza coat-of-arms, he is most famous as co-founder of the Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th-century book collections in the world.
The Roman Catholic diocese of Lutsk was first established in the 13th century as the diocese of Luceoria (Latin) or Łuck (Polish). After the victory of Napoleon, the diocese was joined with the diocese of Zhytomyr, forming the diocese of Lutzk-Zhitomir-Kamenetz. In 1925, the diocese of Lutsk was restored and the Diocese of Zhytomyr became separate.
Bishops of Vilnius diocese from 1388 and archdiocese from 1925:
The Kraków Voivodeship was a voivodeship (province) in the Kingdom of Poland from the 14th century to the partition of Poland in 1795. Located in the southwestern corner of the country, it was part of the Lesser Poland province.
The Bishopric of Samland (Sambia) (German: Bistum Samland, Polish: Diecezja sambijska) was a bishopric in Samland (Sambia) in medieval Prussia. It was founded as a Roman Catholic diocese in 1243 by papal legate William of Modena. Its seat was Königsberg, until 1523 the episcopal residence was in Fischhausen. The bishopric became Lutheran in the 16th century during the Protestant Reformation and was eventually dissolved following the establishment of Ducal Prussia, a Protestant vassal duchy of the Kingdom of Poland.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chełmno was a Roman Catholic diocese in Chełmno Land, founded in 1243 and disbanded in 1992.
Bishops of Przemyśl archdiocese:
The Archdiocese of Lublin is an archdiocese located in the city of Lublin in Poland.
The Diocese of Pelplin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese located in the city of Pelplin, Poland. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Gdańsk. The biggest city of diocese is Tczew.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Płock is a diocese located in the city of Płock in the Ecclesiastical province of Warszawa in Poland.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Włocławek, until the 20th century known as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kujawy, is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno in western Poland.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Ukraine in ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv of the Latins.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacău was a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite in Moldavia.
The Diocese of Kyiv and Chernihiv or Diocese of Kyiv–Černihiv was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the city of Kyiv in the north central part of Ukraine on the Dnieper River. It was suppressed in 1798.
Stefan Antoni Mdzewski, O.P. (1653–1718) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno (1699–1718) and Auxiliary Bishop of Lutsk (1690-1699).
Rectors of the Jagiellonian University – List of rectors of the Jagiellonian University, known also as the Cracow Academy, University of Cracow, and Szkoła Główna Koronna. The list begins in 1400 at the restoration of the university under Jadwiga of Poland and Władysław II Jagiełło.
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