Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz

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Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (Czech: Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice; German: Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice) (22 June 1777, Kraków - 26 March 1838) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1833 to 1838.

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Ankwicz was born in Kraków, Poland in 1777. He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1810. In 1815, he was appointed and ordained archbishop of Lviv in Ukraine. He remained in this capacity for 18 years until 30 September 1833 when he was appointed the archbishop of Prague. He died at the age of 60 years on 26 March 1838 to be succeeded in his archbishopric by Alois Josef Schrenk.[1]

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  1. ^ Cheney, David M (2006-10-26). Archbishop Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz. Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.

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Preceded by
Alois Jozef Krakowski von Kolowrat		 Archbishop of Prague
1833–1838		 Succeeded by
Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk
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