Ignacy Raczyński

Ignacy Antoni Raczyński (6 August 1741 – 19 February 1823) was a primate of Poland and archbishop of Gniezno.

Ignacy Raczyński
Primate of Poland Archbishop of Gniezno
Predecessor	Ignacy Krasicki
Successor	Tymoteusz Paweł Gorzeński
Previous post(s)	Apostolic administrator of Warsaw (1806 – 1818) Bishop of Poznań (1794 – 1806)
Orders
Ordination	31 July 1770
Consecration	9 November 1794 by Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński
Personal details
Born	(1741-08-06)6 August 1741 Małoszyna
Died	19 February 1823(1823-02-19) (aged 81) Przemyśl

Biography

Raczyński was born in Małoszyna to Antoni and Katarzyna Raczyński. He joined an order of the Jesuits based in Kraków on 5 August 1760;^[1][2] he was ordained to the subdiaconate on 26 July 1770, ordained to the diaconate on 29 July 1770, and finally was ordained a priest on 31 July 1770.^[3] He later studied at a Jesuit college in Milan; upon his return to Poland in July 1773, he was appointed priest for Brodnica.^[2] In 1776, he was appointed a canon of Poznań.^[1]

On 12 September 1794, Raczyński was appointed bishop of Poznań;^[3] he was consecrated on 9 November 1794 at Wschowa by Franciszek Ksawery Rydzyński, titular bishop of Nicopolis.^[4] Raczyński was later appointed archbishop of Gniezno through letters patent granted by Frederick William III on 3 May 1805 and was formally transferred to the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 26 August 1806. In addition, he was appointed apostolic administrator of Warsaw on 17 June 1806.^[3][5]

Raczyński assumed control of the Archdiocese of Gniezno on 10 December 1807.^[5] He resigned as archbishop of Gniezno in 1818 and moved to a Jesuit college in Rome, moving in 1821 to Brzozowa. He died on 19 February 1823 in Przemyśl.^[6]