Andrzej Stanisław Załuski

Andrzej Stanisław Załuski

Andrzej Stanisław Załuski

Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski (2 December 1695 – 16 December 1758) was a priest (bishop) in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In his religious career he held the posts of abbot and later Bishop of Płock (from 1723), bishop of Łuck (1736), Bishop of Chełmno (1739) and Bishop of Cracow (1746). He was a supporter of the Jesuits in Poland.

A member of the Polish nobility (szlachta) of the Junosza coat of arms, he also held the position of the Great Crown Chancellor from 1735 to 1746. As a politician he was engaged in the movement that wanted to reform the failing political system of the Commonwealth.

He studied in Danzig and Rome.

Załuski was a corresponding member of Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis, the first learned society in Habsuburg Austria.

He is perhaps most famous as co-founder (together with his brother Józef Andrzej Załuski, bishop of Kiev) of Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th-century collections of books in the world. He also sponsored the seminary in Pułtusk.

See also

• History of philosophy in Poland

References

• Piotr Nitecki, Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965–1999 (Church Bishops in Poland from 965–1999), Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 2000

Preceded by Jan Szembek	Grand Chancellor of the Crown 1735–1746	Succeeded by Jan Małachowski
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ludwik Bartłomiej Załuski	Bishop of Płock 1723–1736	Succeeded by Antoni Sebastian Dembowski
Preceded by Unknown	Bishop of Łuck 1736–1739	Succeeded by Unknown
Preceded by Adam Stanislaus Grabowski	Bishop of Chełmno 1739–1746	Succeeded by Wojciech Stanisław Leski
Preceded by Jan Aleksander Lipski	Bishop of Kraków 1746–1758	Succeeded by Kajetan Sołtyk