Ludwik Bartłomiej Załuski

Ludwik Bartłomiej Załuski (born 1 June 1661 – 24 December 1721 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Auxiliary Bishop of Przemysl, and the Bishop of Płock.

[1] He was born 1661 into the Junosza noble family, the son of Alexander a voivodeship Governor, and his wife Catherine.

Educated in Rome and Paris, His career included being Canon of Kraków, curator of the Royal Treasury and, Chancellor of Crown Queen Maria Casimira.

His reign as Bishop coincided with the Great Northern War, with some 50 destroyed churches.

In 1720 began construction on the back of the Church of our Lady of Graces in Warsaw and the Jesuit college there.