Wincenty Teofil Popiel

Wincenty Teofil Popiel-Chościak (21 July 1825 – 7 December 1912) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Płock from 1863 to 1875, Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska from 1876 to 1883, and the metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw from 1883 to 1912.

Wincenty Teofil Popiel
Archbishop of Warsaw
Other post(s)	Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska (1876 – 1883) Bishop of Płock (1963 – 1875)
Orders
Ordination	5 August 1849
Consecration	6 December 1863 by Henryk Ludwik Plater
Personal details
Born	(1825-07-21)21 July 1825 Czaple Wielkie
Died	7 December 1912(1912-12-07) (aged 87) Warsaw

Life

Popiel was the son of Konstanty Popiel and Zofia von Badenich.^[1] He studied law in Warsaw, after which he went work in the judiciary. After his father's death, when he returned to Czaple Wielkie he decided to attend the seminary in Kielce (Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Kielcach). He completed his studies there in 1849. He was ordained a priest on 5 August 1849.^[2] He then studied at Leuven in Belgium, where he received a doctorate in theology. This was followed by studies in Rome. After returning to Kielce, he became a professor at the seminary and served as its vice-regens (vice-chairman).^[3]

In 1862 he became the rector of the Theological Academy in Warsaw at the former monastery at the Church of St Francis.^[4] In 1863, he was appointed Bishop of Plock by Pope Pius IX; he was consecrated on 6 December 1863 by Henryk Ludwik Plater.^[1][3] In 1868 he was exiled to Veliky Novgorod; on his return in 1876 he was appointed Bishop of Kujawy–Kaliska. He was appointed Archbishop of Warsaw in 1883.^[4]

Notes and references

1. "JEks. Jks. Wincenty Teofil Popiel, którego konsekracja biskupia odbyła się w d. 6 b. m. w Płocku" [His Excellency Fr. Wincenty Teofil Popiel, whose consecration as Bishop of Płock took place on the 6th day of this month in Płock]. Przegląd Katolicki (in Polish). 1 (50): 797. 17 December 1863.
2. Ritzler, Remigium; Sefrin, Pirminum, eds. (1978). A pontificatu Pii PP. IX (1846) usque ad pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi: sive summorum pontificum, S.R.E. cardinalium ecclesiarum antistitum series, volume VIII (in Latin). Padua, Italy: Il Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 460.
3. "Ś. p. X. Wincenty Popiel" (djvu). Czas (in Polish). No. 568. 9 December 1912. p. 1. Archived (djvu) from the original on 18 May 2020.
4. Kowaliow, Borys (Boris Kovalev) (2014). "Biskup płocki i arcybiskup warszawski Wincenty Teofil Popiel: siedem lat zesłania w Nowogrodzie w świetle korespondencji i policyjnych dokumentów" [Bishop of Płock and Warsaw Archbishop Wincenty Teofil Popiel: seven years of exile in Novgorod in the light of correspondence and police documents]. Nasze Korzenie (in Polish). 6: 40–45. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020.

Preceded by Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński	Archbishop of Warsaw 1883–1912	Succeeded by Aleksander Kakowski