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Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski
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Archbishop Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski (Ukrainian: Франциск Ксаверій Вежхлейський; Polish: Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski; 1 December 1803 – 17 April 1884) was a Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Przemyśl from 27 July 1846 until 23 March 1860 and as the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv from 23 March 1860 until his death on 17 April 1884.
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Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski | |
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv | |
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed | 23 March 1860 |
Term ended | 17 April 1884 |
Predecessor | Łukasz Baraniecki |
Successor | Seweryn Morawski |
Other post(s) | Diocesan Bishop of Przemyśl (1846–1860) |
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Ordination | 25 June 1826 (Priest) |
Consecration | 4 October 1846 (Bishop) by Samuel Cyryl Stefanowicz |
Personal details | |
Born | Franciszek Ksawery Wierzchleyski (1803-12-01)1 December 1803 Poręba Wielka, Habsburg monarchy (present day in Poland) |
Died | 17 April 1884(1884-04-17) (aged 80) Lviv, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present day in Ukraine) |
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