Józef Maximilian Staniewski ( Polish: Józef Maksymilian Staniewski ; 1795 - November 29, 1871 ) - Russian Catholic figure, monk from the Dominican order, Apostolic administrator of the Mogilev Metropolis in 1863-1871.
| Jozef Maximilian Stanevsky | ||
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| Józef Maksymilian Staniewski | ||
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| April 23, 1863 - November 29, 1871 | ||
| Church | Roman catholic church | |
| Birth | 1795 Rossien | |
| Death | November 29, 1871 St. Petersburg | |
| Holy Order | May 31, 1818 | |
| Monasticism | October 31, 1812 | |
| Episcopal consecration | February 20, 1859 | |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Born in the city of Rossiena (modern Lithuanian Raseiniai ) in a noble family. In 1812, immediately after graduation, he joined the Dominican Order. On May 31, 1818, he was ordained a priest in Mogilev [1] . Since 1820, he served as head of the Dominican monastery at the Church of St. Catherine in St. Petersburg , which was fed by Dominican priests. In 1858, Metropolitan of Mogilev, Vaclav Zilinsky, presented his candidacy for the post of vicar bishop of the Mogilev archdiocese.
On September 27, 1858 he was appointed vicar bishop, and as all vicar bishops he became titular bishop , with the title of bishop of Plataeus . Episcopal consecration took place on February 20, 1859 [1] .
In 1863, the Archbishop Metropolitan of Mogilev, Vaclav Zilinsky , died , after which Emperor Alexander II appointed Józef Stanevsky the administrator of the metropolis, that is, its interim head. Relations between Russia and the Holy See deteriorated at that time due to the Polish uprising of 1863-1864 and the subsequent rupture of the concordat between Russia and the Holy See. The Russian government has repeatedly proposed Stanevsky’s candidacy for the post of new metropolitan, but Pope Pius IX did not agree with this choice, not without reason believing Stanevsky a man, in all obedience to the Russian court [2] .
At the post of apostolic administrator, Stanevsky exactly followed all the orders and wishes of the Russian government, without even trying to defend the interests of the Catholics of Russia. He presided over the Roman Catholic Theological College , which during this period actually became the governing body of the Catholic Church in Russia, despite the direct condemnation of this situation by Pope Pius IX [2] . On the instructions of the imperial court, after the suppression of the uprising, he closed and transferred to the Orthodox Church many Catholic churches in the territory of modern Poland, Belarus and Lithuania, actively supported the Russification of these regions and did not impede the harsh anti-Catholic measures taken against Catholics in the western regions of the Russian Empire [2] .
He died on November 29, 1871 in St. Petersburg . He was buried in the crypt of the Church of the Visitation by the Blessed Virgin Mary Elizabeth , located in the Vyborg Roman Catholic cemetery in St. Petersburg [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Bishop Józef Maksymilian Staniewski, OP
- ↑ 1 2 3 "Stanevsky" // Catholic Encyclopedia . T.4. M.: 2011, Art. 1067-1067
- ↑ Kozlov-Strutinsky S.G. The former Vyborg Roman Catholic cemetery in St. Petersburg and the church in the name of Visiting the Pres. Virgin Mary St. Elizabeth // Materials for the history of the Roman Catholic parish in the name of the Visit of the Pres. Virgin Mary St. Elisabeth and the history of the Catholic cemetery of the Vyborg side in St. Petersburg: Sat. - Gatchina: BDSB, 2010.S. 24.
Literature
- "Stanevsky" // Catholic Encyclopedia . T.4, Ed. Franciscans, M.: 2011, Art. 1067-1067