Szczepan Hołowczyc

Szczepan Hołowczyc de armis Pierzchała (19 August 1741–27 August 1823) was a Roman Catholic archbishop of Warsaw from 1818 until his death in 1823 and a senator of Congress Poland. He previously served as bishop of Sandomierz from 1819 to 1820.

Hołowczyc was the son of Basil and Mary Hołowczyc . In 1774, he departed for Rome to study canon law, eventually visiting Germany. After returning to Poland in 1776, he was appointed as secretary for Michał Jerzy Poniatowski, who appointed him to the rectory in Osiek. That same year, Hołowczyc went to Kraków, where he passed law examinations at Kraków University and was made a doctor of both laws.

In 1781, Hołowczyc was appointed canon of the cathedral chapter at Warsaw; he was then appointed to the rectory at Wrocimowice in 1783, and was later appointed canon of the cathedral chapter of the Archdiocese of Kraków in 1785. In 1789, he was appointed dean and prelate of the cathedral chapter of the Diocese of Kielce. On 24 April 1819, he was appointed vicar capitular of the Archdiocese of Warsaw.