Wacław Żyliński

Wacław Żyliński (1 March 1803 – 5 May 1863) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev from 1856 to his death in 1863.

He was ordained a priest by Tadeusz Kundzicz in 1826;[2] afterwards, he served as professor and regent of the diocesan seminary at Minsk.

[5] On 19 November 1846, Żyliński was elected vicar capitular of the Diocese of Vilnius by its cathedral chapter.

[6] He was preconized as bishop of Vilnius on 3 July 1848; he was consecrated on 17 December 1848 at the Church of St. Catherine in St. Petersburg by Kazimierz Dmochowski.

[5] On 18 September 1856, Żyliński was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mohilev;[5] he received his pallium on 9 December 1856.