Edward Likowski

Edward Likowski was a Polish Catholic hierarch, who served as the List of [archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland|archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland] from 1914 until his death in 1915.

Biography

Likowski was born on 26 September 1836 in Wrzesnia. He gained a bachelor's in 1861 from Münster and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1861 in the Roman [Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno|diocese of Gniezno]-Poznań. In 1881 he gained a doctorate in theological studies.
On 17 March 1887 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno-Poznań and Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis in Lydia. He remained in this role until 13 August 1914 when he was promoted to Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań and hence primate of Poland, filling the position that had been vacant for eight years.
He pursued many academic interests. He was a Church historian, Member of the Academy of Arts, and from 1895 to 1915 President of the Poznań [Society of Friends of Learning|Poznań Society of Friends of Science]. He was also awarded an honorary Doctor from the Jagiellonian University in 1900.
He died in office on 20 February 1915.