Jan Wężyk

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Jan Wężyk
Jan Wężyk
Wąż
Wąż

Jan Wężyk (1575-1638) of Wąż Coat of Arms 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 free election of Władysław IV Waza.

Political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, he 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).

Preceded by
Andrzej Opaleński
Bishop of Poznań
16241627
Succeeded by
Maciej Łubieński


Preceded by
Henryk II Firlej
Primate of Poland
Archbishop of Gniezno

16261638
Succeeded by
Jan Lipski

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