Jan Paweł Woronicz

The recorded working language is Polish, Latin and Russian. The field of work recorded is church‘s ministry, creative and professional writing and law. Positions recorded include bishop of Krakow and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw. Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Eagle and Order of Saint Stanislaus.

• Name — Jan Paweł Woronicz • Title — Bishop of Krakow • Born — 1757 • Died — 1829 • Place of death — Vienna • Birthplace — Taikury • Buried — Wawel Cathedral • Residence — Bishop's Palace • Predecessor — Andrzej Gawroński • Successor — Karol Skórkowski

Jan Paweł Woronicz was born into the nobility near Tajkury. His early education was with the Jesuits in Ostróg, and he later entered a seminary in Warsaw to become a priest by 1784. According to writer Stanisław Baczyński, Woronicz's notoriety began to grow during his time as parish priest of Liw. During the Great Sejm (1788-1792), he became even more well known for his speeches. • Illustration — Temple of the Sibyl, Puławy Woronicz eventually moved to a rectory in the Puławy region and became associated with the Czartoryski family. It was around this time that he produced his first notable work of poetry, Sybilli, which was published much later in 1818. Woronicz's prestige grew more when he was made a state councilor during the period of Napoleon's influence in Poland. He presided over the funerals of Tadeusz Kościuszko and Józef Poniatowski in the 1810s. He was then made Bishop of Kraków in 1815 and Bishop of Warsaw in 1827. As bishop, he commissioned works for the Bishop's Palace that glorified the Kościuszko Uprising and pre-partition Poland. Woronicz died in Vienna.

Historian Piotr S. Wandycz described Woronicz's works as favoring the classical tradition while limiting literary innovation. As such, Woronicz and his peers preferred odes and grand poems as tools to glorify the Dutchy of Warsaw, Napoleon, or other core elements of contemporary Polish patriotism. Historian Anna Nasiłowska also notes themes of classical antiquity in Woronicz's early poem, Sybilli. In the poem, Woronicz combines imagery of Troy and Rome with that of the fall and anticipated rise of Poland. Woronicz's poem Hymn do Boga (1805) is described by Roland Greene as a messianic version of Polish history that eventually influenced poets after Woronicz.

Jan Paweł Woronicz worked in church‘s ministry, creative and professional writing, law and political activity. Recorded positions include bishop of Krakow, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw, Primate of the Kingdom of Poland and abbot. He belonged to Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and Society of Jesus. Recorded as poet, catholic priest, politician, catholic deacon and jurist.