Jan Maria Michał Kowalski

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First Minister Generalis of the Mariavites (1871-1942)

Religious FiguresLived 1871 to 1942 · aged 70

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Jan Kowalski, later known as Maria Michał Kowalski, was a Polish Roman Catholic diocesan priest who became a schismatic religious leader and controversial innovator.

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Sanctuary of Mercy and Charity with convent buildings

Mariavite bishops from left, Próchniewski, Kowalski and Gołębiowski

Memorial plaque to Kowalski

Gate to Dachau concentration camp

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About this person

Jan Kowalski, later known as Maria Michał Kowalski, 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.