Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko
Prince Jan Duklan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko (13 September 1842 – 8 September 1911) was a Polish Roman Catholic Cardinal who was auxiliary bishop of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) from 1886 to 1895, and the bishop of Kraków from 1895 until his death in 1911. Named a Cardinal in 1901, he was known for his conservative views and authoritarianism.
His Eminence Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Bishop of Kraków | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 15 April 1901 |
| Installed | 15 April 1901 |
| Term ended | 8 September 1911 |
| Predecessor | Albin Dunajewski |
| Successor | Adam Stefan Sapieha |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 8 December 1878 |
| Consecration | 25 March 1886 by Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski |
| Created cardinal | 15 April 1901 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Prince Jan Duklan Maurycy Paweł Puzyna de Kosielsko 13 September 1842 Gwoździec, Galicia, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 8 September 1911 (aged 68) Kraków, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine, (1886) Titular Bishop of Memphis (1886–1895) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio |
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