Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz

His Excellency Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz
Archbishop of Prague
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Prague
Appointed	31 May 1833
In office	1833-1838
Predecessor	Alois Josef Krakovský z Kolovrat
Successor	Alois Josef, Freiherr von Schrenk
Orders
Ordination	2 September 1810
Consecration	15 August 1815 by Maria-Thaddeus von Trauttmansdorf Wiensberg
Personal details
Born	(1777-06-17)17 June 1777 Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (present day Poland)
Died	26 March 1838(1838-03-26) (aged 60) Prague, Austrian Empire (present day in Czech Republic)
Nationality	Polish
Previous post(s)	Archbishop of Lviv (1815-1833)

Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈandʐɛj aˈlɔjzɨ ˈaŋkfit͡ʂ]; Czech: Ondřej Alois Ankwicz ze Skarbek–Peslawice; German: Andreas Alois Ankwicz von Skarbek-Poslawice) (22 June 1777 – 26 March 1838) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of Prague from 1833 to 1838.

Coat of arms of Archbishop Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz

Biography

Ankwicz was born in Kraków, Poland in 1777. He was ordained a priest on 2 September 1810. In 1815, he was appointed and ordained archbishop of Lviv in Ukraine. He remained in this capacity for 18 years until 30 September 1833 when he was appointed the archbishop of Prague. He died at the age of 60 years on 26 March 1838 to be succeeded in his archbishopric by Alois Josef Schrenk.

External links

• Archbishop Andrzej Alojzy Ankwicz profile at Catholic-Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}