Maria Michał Kowalski
Maria Michał Kowalski | |
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| Archbishop | |
| Church | Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites |
| In office | 1909–1935 |
| Successor | Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska |
| Other post(s) | 29 December 1929 in Old Catholic Mariavite Church Continued in Catholic Mariavite Church |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 5 October 1909 by Gerardus Gul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jan Kowalski 27 December 1871 |
| Died | 18 May 1942 (aged 70) Hartheim Euthanasia Centre, Alkoven, Ostmark (Austria) |
| Buried | Nazi cremation |
| Nationality | Russian, Polish |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (1871–1906) Mariavite (1906–1942) |
| Parents | Jan and Katarzyna née Sitek |
| Spouse | Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska |
| Children | Michael |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Alma mater | Warsaw diocesan seminary |
| Sainthood | |
| Venerated in | Catholic Mariavite Church |
| Canonized | 1942 by popular acclaim |
| Shrines | Felicjanów, Płock County, Poland |
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Jan Kowalski, later known as Maria Michał Kowalski (27 December 1871 – 18 May 1942), was a Polish Roman Catholic diocesan priest who became a schismatic religious leader and controversial innovator. Following excommunication from his church, he was consecrated as a bishop in the Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht, established the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites in Poland, rose to be its archbishop and died a martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Mariavite Church.