Jan Klemens Gołaszewski

Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (23 November 1748 – 8 March 1820) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Sejny.

Jan Klemens Gołaszewski
Bishop of Sejny
Successor	Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Wigry (1805 – 1818)
Orders
Ordination	1771
Consecration	5 March 1809 by Ignacy Raczyński
Personal details
Born	(1748-11-23)23 November 1748 Kowalewszczyzna
Died	8 March 1820(1820-03-08) (aged 71) Warsaw

Biography

Gołaszewski was born in 1748 to Francziszek and Joanna Gołaszewski.^[1] He began attending a college of the Congregation of the Mission in Warsaw in 1764; he professed his religious vows on 24 November 1766 and was ordained a priest in 1771.^[2] While a Vincentian, he served as a professor and preacher;^[3] he left the Congregation in 1774. After leaving the Congregation, he served as parish priest in Pawłowice and Waniewo, later being appointed dean in Bielsk Podlaski.^[3] On 12 January 1798, Gołaszewski was appointed by Onufry Kajetan Szembek, bishop of Płock, as vicar and administrator of certain territories in the Diocese of Płock.^[4] Gołaszewski was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Wigry in 1800 by Michał Franciszek Karpowicz, who was the diocese's first bishop.^[3]

On 26 June 1805, Gołaszewski was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wigry by Pope Pius VII; he was consecrated on 5 March 1809 in Warsaw by Ignacy Raczyński, with his co-consecrators being Tymoteusz Gorzeński and Antonin Malinowski.^[5] He was made a senator of Congress Poland in 1808, which he served as until his death in 1820;^[6] while a senator, he served on committees for religion and public blessing, and was later awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class.^[7] On 30 June 1818, the Diocese of Wigry was dissolved and Gołaszewski was made bishop of Sejny.^[8] He died on 8 March 1820 and was buried at the Church of the Holy Cross on 11 March.^[7]