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Abraham Woyna



Abraham Woyna (also known as Abraham Wojna) was a Roman Catholic priest and a bishop of Samogitia (1626-1631) and then of Vilna (1631-1649). His term in office was marked by the rise of Calvinism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, to which he actively opposed.



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