Klemens Bąkiewicz
Polish Roman Catholic bishop-elect
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Klemens Andrzej Bąkiewicz de armis Topór[2] (1760 – 2 January 1842) was a bishop-elect of the Diocese of Sandomierz.
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Klemens Bąkiewicz | |
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| Bishop-elect of Sandomierz | |
Portrait of Bąkiewicz | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Sandomierz |
| Appointed | 9 January 1840 |
| Predecessor | Adam Prosper Burzyński |
| Successor | Józef Goldtmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1760[1] |
| Died | 2 January 1842 (aged 81–82)[1] Sandomierz, Congress Poland |
Bąkiewicz was born to Paul and Agnet Bąkiewicz in 1760 and was baptized on 1 December at the church in Chmiel.[3] Between 1786 and 1788, he served as professor of mathematics in the city of Kielce.[4] Following the death of Adam Prosper Burzyński in 1830, Bąkiewicz would assume the role of apostolic administrator.[5] Prior to Burzyński's death, he served as archdeacon.[6]
Bąkiewicz was appointed as bishop on 9 January 1840; he would not be consecrated and was buried in Sandomierz Cathedral.[7] Following his death, the tsar of Russia nominated three people to succeed him; these men were Józef Joachim Goldtmann, Thadée Kotowski and Antoine Lubienski. In a letter to Karl Nesselrode, dated 1 May 1843, Pope Gregory XVI refused to examine their bulls of institution. By 1844 - as a result of the tsar's impatience - Józef Goldtman was appointed as Bąkiewicz's successor.[8]