Bishop Celestin Bezmalinovic, O.P. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 May 1912		Born	Selca
3 Jul 1938	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
7 Aug 1956	44.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
7 Aug 1956	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum
30 Sep 1956	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hadrumetum
1967	54.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
6 Jun 1970	58.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
30 Mar 1989	76.9	Retired	Bishop of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia
4 Jun 1994	82.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hvar (-Brac e Vis), Croatia

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 55.9 years
a bishop for 37.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franjo Cardinal Šeper †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franjo Salis-Seewis †
Bishop Josip Lach †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Celestin Bezmalinovic, O.P. † (1956)
Franjo Cardinal Šeper † (1954)
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujcic † (1937)
Archbishop Antonio Bauer † (1911)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Nikola Eterović
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Josip Arneric †
Bishop Slobodan Štambuk

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141
ob/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1956, Number 85

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