[3] He was ordained a priest on 23 July 1877 by Wincenty Teofil Popiel, Archbishop of Warsaw.

[1] After working as a priest in various parishes in the Archdiocese of Warsaw, Zdzitowiecki was sent to Rome, where he obtained a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1882.

He was later assigned to work under the bishop of Sandomierz, Antoni Ksawery Sotkiewicz.

[2] On 9 June 1902, Zdzitowiecki was appointed Bishop of Kujawy-Kaliska by Leo XIII; he was consecrated on 23 November 1902 in St. Petersburg by Jerzy Józef Szembek and had his ingress in December the same year.

[5] During his tenure as bishop, Pius X – at Zdzitowiecki's request – granted Włocławek Cathedral the title of minor basilica in 1909.