Jerzy Józef Szembek

Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek (14 June 1851 – 7 August 1905) was a Roman Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev.

After finishing schooling in 1869, he studied the history of Polish literature and law at Jagiellonian University.

[1] On 25 July 1890, he began to attend the seminary in Saratov;[2][3] he was ordained on 19 March 1893.

[2] On 16 April 1901, Szembek was appointed Bishop of Płock;[4] he was consecrated on 30 April by Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski, with assistance from Antanas Baranauskas and Karol Antoni Niedziałkowski.

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