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Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski

Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski (February 29, 1872 in Congress Poland - February 13, 1954 in Płock, Poland) was the Prime Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church from 1945 to 1953.[1]

Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski
Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church
ChurchMariavite Old Catholic Church
Installed1945
Term ended1953
PredecessorMaria Filip Feldman
SuccessorMaria Bartłomiej Przysiecki
Previous post(s)
  • Mariavite provincial leader of the Lublin district (1903)
  • Mariavite parish priest in Płock (1906)
  • Vicar general of the Old Catholic Mariavite Church (1907)
Orders
ConsecrationSeptember 4, 1910
Personal details
Born(1872-02-29)February 29, 1872
Poland
DiedFebruary 13, 1954(1954-02-13) (aged 81)
Płock, Poland
OccupationPrime Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church
SignatureSignature of Bishop Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski
Coat of arms
Ordination history of
Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski
History
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJan Maria Michał Kowalski
Co-consecratorsGerardus Gul
Jakub van Thiel
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski as principal consecrator
Zygmunt SzypoldApril 13, 1947

He graduated from the Saint Petersburg Roman Catholic Theological Academy. He served as a professor at the Theological Seminary in Lublin and, from 1903, as the provincial leader for Mariavites in the Lublin district. In 1906, he became the parish priest of the Mariavite parish in Płock.[1] From the chapter in 1907, he was the vicar general. He was consecrated as a bishop on September 4, 1910, in Łowicz.[2] He was a confessor of Maria Franciszka Kozłowska, the founder of the Mariavite movement, and the author of theological and Mariavite-themed articles.[1] From 1945 to 1953, he served as the Prime Bishop of the Mariavite Old Catholic Church. He wrote a book about Maria Franciszka Kozłowska titled Żywot Przeczystej Pani i objawione jej Dzieło Wielkiego Miłosierdzia (Life of the Pure Lady and her Revealed Work of Great Mercy). He was the main consecrator of Bishop Zygmunt Szypold who became the head of the Polish Old Catholic Church.[3]

Episcopal genealogy

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His episcopal genealogy is as follows:

Roman Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands

Old Catholic Church

Mariavite Church

Sources

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  • Appolis, Émile (1965). "Une Église des derniers temps: L'Église Mariavite". Archives de sociologie des religions (in French). 19 (19): 51–67. doi:10.3406/assr.1965.2572. ISSN 0003-9659. JSTOR 30120666.
  • Bain, Alan (1985). Bishops Irregular: An International Directory of Independent Bishops. Bristol, England: A. M. Bain. ISBN 978-0-9510298-0-0.
  • Górecki, Artur: Mariawici i mariawityzm – narodziny i pierwsze lata istnienia. Warszawa: 2011. ISBN 978-83-7181-673-4, ISBN 978-83-7181-711-3.
  • Old Catholic Mariavite Church. "Biskupi Mariawiccy" [Mariavite bishops]. mariawita.pl. Płock, PL: Kościół Starokatolicki Mariawitów. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
  • Peterkiewicz, Jerzy (1975). The third Adam. London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192121981.
  • Rybak, Stanisław. "Mariawityzm: studium historyczne" (PDF). mariawita-warszawa.com (in Polish). Michał Rybak. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2007.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Old Church Catholic Mariavite". 2012-12-23. Archived from the original on 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  2. ^ Bain 1985.
  3. ^ Próchniewski Roman (Maria Jakub), w: J. Majchrowski red., Kto był kim…, s. 201–202.
  4. ^ Appolis 1965, pp. 58–59; Bain 1985.
  5. ^ Peterkiewicz 1975, p. 41.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Co-consecrated with Old Catholic bishops.[5]
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