Sakry i sukcesja święceń biskupich pasterzy Kościoła wileńskiego z drugiej oraz trzeciej tercji XVIII stulecia

Abstract

The article concerns the members of the Catholic episcopate connected with the bishops' capital in Vilnius with in the second and the following third of the 18th century, during the rule of August III and Stanislaus August. The Vilnius diocese remained then within the borders of the Polish church province whose center was in Gniezno. The materials currently available in Lithuania were at that time unobtainable to the author. He succeeded, however, in examining the sources from Polish and Vatican collections. This enabled the author to present the theme of pastoral anointments in the Vilnius church with in the chosen period.