 Józef Kossakowski (bishop)

Józef Kazimierz Korwin Kossakowski (16 March 1738 – 9 May 1794), of Ślepowron coat of arms, was a Polish noble ("szlachcic"), bishop of Livonia from 1781, political activist, writer, and supporter of Russian Empire.Brother of hetman Szymon Kossakowski, voivode Michał Kossakowski and castellan Antoni Kossakowski, he took Holy Orders on 17 April 1763 after having studied in Vilnius and Warsaw.