Mikołaj Szyszkowski

Mikołaj Szyszkowski (1590–1643) of Clan Ostoja[1] was a Prince-bishop of Warmia from 1633 until his death in 1643.Born around 1590, he was the son of Jan and Anna nee Ujejska.

In the royal court of the Polish king Sigismund III Vasa he achieved the official rank of Great Secretary, and it was then that he became a colleague of Stefan Sadorski.

[2] In 1632 he became a member of the Warmian chapter, and with the support of the new king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Władysław IV Waza, in 1633 he was chosen to become Prince-Bishop of Warmia.

After the end of the hostilities with Sweden, he funded a new church in Stoczek Klasztorny, a town 11 km east of Lidzbark Warmiński, founded in 1349 by Warmian bishop Hermann von Prag[1].

He restarted the seminary in Braniewo and spent much of his personal funds reconstructing churches and monasteries damaged in the recent fighting.