Wojciech Lipnicki

Wojciech Lipnicki was a 16th-century Polish Bishop and statesman.

He was born about 1577 in Lipniku into the Hołobok noble house[1] He was a Catholic priest, Royal Secretary, Canon of Kraków, administrator of the Wieliczka salt mine, and a Bishop in Kraków and Laodicea in Phrygia (1645-1657). He died on 4 June 1657.[2]

References

  1. Henryk Markiewicz, Polski Słownik Biograficzny vol.17, Legendorf Fabian – Lubomirski Aleksander. Warszawa, Kraków: Instytut Historii PAN, 2000, p.408.
  2. Piotr Biliński, Żywoty Biskupów sufraganów krakowskich. Tygodnik Salwatorski nr 3/318 z 21 stycznia/2001.


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