About Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski
Antoni Melchior Optat Fijałkowski (3 January 1778 – 5 October 1861) was a Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Warsaw from 1856 to 1861. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Płock and titular bishop of Hermopolis from 1842 to 1856. == Biography == Fijałkowski was born in Pszczew to Stefan and Beata Fijałkowski. He was educated at a school in Poznań before entering the seminary in Gniezno. He was ordained as a priest of the Diocese of Kujawy-Kaliska in 1800. In 1811, at the age of 33, he was made a canon of the cathedral chapter of the Diocese. In 1818, he was appointed as cantor for the collegiate church in Wolbórz. After the church was dissolved, he was made parish vicar at Przedecz. Between 1824 and 1827, he served as a "general official" on behalf of Józef Szczepan Koźmian. He founded St.
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