| Józef Eustachy Szembek | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Płock | |
 Wearing the Order of the White Eagle | |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Chełm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1697 |
| Died | c. 1758 or 1759 |
Józef Eustachy Szembek (b. 1697) was a Polish nobleman who was Bishop of Płock from 1753.
Szembek was born in Grodziecen to Antoni, the chamberlin of Kraków. The family claimed the Szembek coat of arms. Szembek received an education in Rome and became a priest in 1720. He held multiple positions before becoming Bishop of Chełm in 1736. According to Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, Szembek was made Bishop of Płock by King August III in 1752. As bishop, Szembek republished Pope Benedict XIV's 1751 encyclical, A quo primum. In this encyclical, Benedict generally denounced efforts to expel or harm Jews in Poland, but he defended customs that placed Jews at a disadvantage in society.
Szembek died in either 1758 or 1759. Historians Ludwik Finkel and Antoni Julian Nowowiejski mention 1758. Encyclopedist Samuel Orgelbrand and Catholic-Hierarchy.org mention 1759.
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References
- ^ "Bishop Józef Eustachy Szembek". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Nowowiejski, Antoni Julian (1917). Plock monografja historyczna. Poland: Rosiński. p. 58. OCLC 652295014 – via Google Books.
- Zieliński, W. K. (1878). Monografia Lublina: Dzieje miasta Lublina. Vol. 1. Poland: Druk J. Herszenhorna i M. Sznajdermessera. p. 12 – via Google Books.
- Hundert, G. D. (2019). The Polish Church and Jews, Polish Jews and the Church. In Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 59). University of California Press. ISBN 0520238443.
- Finkel, Ludwik (1904). Bibliografia historyi polskiej. Vol. 3. Poland: Nakladem Komisyi historycznej Akademii umiejetności. p. 1871. OCLC 811158893 – via Google Books.
- Adamowicz, Adam (1860). Encyklopedyja powszechna. Vol. 3. Warsaw: Nakład, druk i własność S. Orgelbranda. p. 666. OCLC 741865525 – via Google Books.
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