Michał Franciszek Karpowicz (Lithuanian: Mykolas Pranciškus Karpavičius; 4 October 1744 – 5 November 1803) was a professor of the Vilnius University, participant of the Kościuszko Uprising (1794), and Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Wigry.

[1][2] Karpowicz is regarded as the most famous preacher of the Age of Enlightenment in Lithuania and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[3] Karpowicz graduated from Vilnius University with a doctorate in theology on 5 August 1774,[4] and was made archdeacon of Smolensk in 1776.

[5] On 22 November 1783, Karpowicz was made professor of dogmatic theology at Vilnius University.

[7] He was consecrated on 30 March 1800 in Holy Cross Church by John Baptist Albertrandi,[8] co-consecrated by Tomasz Ostaszewski and Adam Michał Prażmowski.