Bishop Herbert Bednorz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1908		Born	Gliwice
22 Jun 1932	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Katowice, Poland
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
24 Dec 1950	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
12 Nov 1967	59.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
1983	74.3	Retired	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
12 Apr 1989	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 38.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Bishop Teodoro Kubina †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Herbert Bednorz † (1950)
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski † (1930)
August Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Archbishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Archbishop Boleslaw Hieronim Klopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozlowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawlowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka Mlodziejowski † (1767)
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Archbishop Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Bishop Jan (Kazimierz) Małachowski † (1676)
Bishop Bonawentura Madalinski † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stefan Cichy
Bishop Gerard Bernacki
Bishop Wiktor Skworc
Bishop Piotr Libera
Bishop Józef Piotr Kupny
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †
Bishop Czeslaw Domin †
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislaw Jakiel †
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta †
Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly

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