Jan Wężyk
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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).
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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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- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 1 March 2006.
