Jan Klemens Gołaszewski
Polish Roman Catholic bishop (1748–1820)
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Jan Klemens Gołaszewski (23 November 1748 – 8 March 1820) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Sejny.
by Ignacy Raczyński
Jan Klemens Gołaszewski | |
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| Bishop of Sejny | |
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| Successor | Ignacy Stanisław Czyżewski |
| Previous post | Bishop of Wigry (1805 – 1818) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1771 |
| Consecration | 5 March 1809 by Ignacy Raczyński |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 November 1748 |
| Died | 8 March 1820 (aged 71) |
Biography
Gołaszewski was born in 1748 to Francziszek and Joanna Gołaszewski.[1] He began attending a college of the Congregation of the Mission in Warsaw in 1764; he professed his religious vows on 24 November 1766 and was ordained a priest in 1771.[2] While a Vincentian, he served as a professor and preacher;[3] he left the Congregation in 1774. After leaving the Congregation, he served as parish priest in Pawłowice and Waniewo, later being appointed dean in Bielsk Podlaski.[3] On 12 January 1798, Gołaszewski was appointed by Onufry Kajetan Szembek, bishop of Płock, as vicar and administrator of certain territories in the Diocese of Płock.[4] Gołaszewski was appointed vicar general of the Diocese of Wigry in 1800 by Michał Franciszek Karpowicz, who was the diocese's first bishop.[3]
On 26 June 1805, Gołaszewski was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wigry by Pope Pius VII; he was consecrated on 5 March 1809 in Warsaw by Ignacy Raczyński, with his co-consecrators being Tymoteusz Gorzeński and Antonin Malinowski.[5] He was made a senator of Congress Poland in 1808, which he served as until his death in 1820;[6] while a senator, he served on committees for religion and public blessing, and was later awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class.[7] On 30 June 1818, the Diocese of Wigry was dissolved and Gołaszewski was made bishop of Sejny.[8] He died on 8 March 1820 and was buried at the Church of the Holy Cross on 11 March.[7]