Jan Wężyk
Jan Wężyk (1575–1638), of Wąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop and Primate of Poland.
He was the bishop of Przemyśl (from 1619/1620 until 1626) and archbishop of Gniezno, (from 1626), Primate of Poland and interrex (for 9 months) after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza.[1]
As the interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections.[1] He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, and took part in reform of church law in Poland.
He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata (1629), Synodus provincialis Gnesensis (1634), and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium (1630).[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Jacek Jędruch (1998). Constitutions, elections, and legislatures of Poland, 1493–1977: a guide to their history. EJJ Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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| Preceded by Andrzej Opaleński |
Bishop of Poznań 1624–1627 |
Succeeded by Maciej Łubieński |
| Preceded by Henryk II Firlej |
Primate of Poland Archbishop of Gniezno 1626–1638 |
Succeeded by Jan Lipski |
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