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Jerzy Giedzieński

Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Lviv from 1663 to 1693

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ25344550 ↗
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Jerzy Giedzieński (died 1693) was a Roman Catholic prelate from Poland who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv (1663–1693) and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Epiro (1663–1693).

Biography

On 10 Dec 1663, Jerzy Giedzieński was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv and Titular Bishop of Nicopolis in Epiro. He was consecrated bishop in 1664. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv until his death in 1693.

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External links and additional sources

Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Lviv". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]

Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lviv (Ukraine)". GCatholic.org.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jerzy Giedzieński” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.