Jan Wężyk

Jan Wężyk

Jan Wężyk (1575-1638) of Wąż Coat of Arms was the bishop of Przemyśl (from 1619/1620 until 1626) and archbishop of Gniezno, (from 1626), Primate of Poland and interrex (for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the free election of Władysław IV Waza.

Political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, he took part in reform of church law in Poland.

He authored "Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata" (1629), "Synodus provincialis Gnesensis" (1634), and "Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium" (1630).

Primate of Poland
Predecessor=Henryk II Firlej
Successor=Jan Lipski|Dates=1626–1638

References

*Polish|Jan Wężyk|1 March 2006

External links

* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwezyk.html Catholic-hierarchy.org entry]


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