Jan Borukowski of Bielin (1524–1584) was the Bishop
of
Przemyśl
Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...
, and was the royal secretary of
Poland
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from 1553. In
1569, he signed the act of annexation of
Podlaskie
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,
Volhynia
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and
Kyiv
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to the kingdom during
Sejm
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The Sejm has been the highest governing body of ...
in
Lublin
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.
References
1524 births
1584 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Przemyśl
Crown Vice-Chancellors
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