Karol Skórkowski

His Excellency
Karol Skórkowski
Bishop of Kraków
Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Kraków
Appointed 27 July 1829
In office 1829-1851
Predecessor Jan Paweł Woronicz
Successor Albin Dunajewski
Orders
Consecration 24 January 1830
by Prosper Burzyński
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born 1768
Jankowice, Poland
Died 25 January 1851
Opawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Germany (Present day Poland)
Buried Wawel Cathedral
Nationality Polish
Coat of arms

Karol Skórkowski (1768–1851) was a Polish bishop. Elected bishop of Kraków in 1828, his election was confirmed in 1829 and he was consecrated in early 1830.

Supporter of the November Uprising (1830–1831). After the fall of the uprising, he was arrested by the Russian government. Vatican, pressured by Moscow, forced him to leave Kraków; he would find sanctuary in Opava (Vatican however did not agree to remove him from his office). After his death in 1851, there would be no new bishop of Kraków until 1879.

Preceded by
Jan Paweł Woronicz
Bishop of Kraków
1830–1851
Succeeded by
Albin Dunajewski


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