Abraham Woyna (Wojna; ) (1569âÂÂ1649) was a Roman Catholic priest and auxiliary bishop of Vilnius (1611âÂÂ1626), bishop of Samogitia (1626âÂÂ1631) and then bishop of Vilnius (1631âÂÂ1649). His term in office was marked by the rise of Calvinism in the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth, to which he was actively opposed.
Among his achievements was the foundation of the monasteries of the Discalced Carmelites and the Good Friars in Vilna (modern Vilnius, Lithuania), the latter of which also opened up a hospital and a pharmacy nearby. Two synods were held in the Vilnius diocese while Woyna was bishop, in 1631 and 1635; in 1633, Woyna ordered the compilation of the resolutions of various prior synods, titled "Constitutiones Synodorum dioecesis Vilnensis diversis temporibus celebratarum Jussu".
The previous bishop, Eustachy Woà Âà Âowicz, had supported the church authorities' decision to transfer the church built by Piotr Korkonos in 1616 to the Canons Regular of the Lateran, but a lack of funds when the first two monks arrived in 1625 meant the foundation was postponed. Woyna issued an official document for the foundation of a parish in 1638 at Rokantià ¡kÃÂs.
In 1636, Woyna, along with four others, signed a commissary decree regarding the housing of the Jewish populace within the city. Specifically, the decree established tenement housing for the Jewish populace following what the text refers to as "tumults" in 1634. It also included a provision increasing the annual fee required of the Jewish citizenry, doubling the peacetime fee agreed on in 1630 from 300 zà Âotys to 600.
He also led the anti-Protestant faction in the local politics and led the persecution of the Calvinist activists. In November 1641, Jesuit wards beat a preacher named Chelchonski as he returned from administering communion; he and another preacher named Gedarla were both attacked when returning from a feast held by Janusz Radziwià Âà Â. When petitioned to punish the offenders, Woyna responded that he would not, as it was his job to "exterminate heretics". Another such effort was an accusation of sacrilege against Krzysztof Radziwià Âà  brought before the diet in 1646 where Woyna demanded a sentence be rendered based on only the evidence he presented. The debate lasted five days, with the measure eventually being defeated.