Kazimierz Mikołaj Michalkiewicz
Catholic auxiliary bishop of Vilnius (1865-1940)
Kazimierz Mikołaj Michalkiewicz (1 February 1865 – 16 February 1940) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop who served as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vilnius from 1923 until his death. He was also the titular bishop of Thyatira.
Biography
Early life and education
Michalkiewicz was born into a Polish landed gentry family in Opaniškis, in the region of Samogitia, as the son of Justyn Michalkiewicz and Joanna née Klimaszewska. He completed his secondary education in Vilnius and went to the Seminary in Saint Petersburg, where he was ordained a priest on 23 October 1888. Following his ordination, he studied at the Roman Catholic Theological Academy in Saint Petersburg. He pursued part-time studies, earning a master's degree in theology in 1908.
In the meantime, he served in pastoral ministry as a vicar in Vitebsk (1889–1890) and in Vecvārkava near Daugavpils (1890–1891). In 1891, he became parish priest in Bērzgale. In 1896, he was transferred to Kronstadt, where he served as parish priest at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. There, he developed a Polish parish school and a Polish theatre.
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