Jan Wężyk
Deceased Person
1575 – 1638
Who was Jan Wężyk?
Jan Wężyk, of Wąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish noble and Roman Catholic bishop and Primate of Poland.
He was the bishop of Przemyśl and archbishop of Gniezno, Primate of Poland and interrex after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the royal election of Władysław IV Waza.
As the interrerx he supported improving the procedures of the royal elections. He was a political ally of Polish queen consort Constance of Austria, and took part in reform of church law in Poland.
He authored Synodus provincialis Gnesnensis A.D. 1628 die 22 mai celebrata, Synodus provincialis Gnesensis, and Constitutiones Synodorum Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Gnesnensis Provincialium.
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