Bishop Eduard Kojnok †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Aug 1933		Born	Velká Suchá
24 Jun 1956	22.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Feb 1990	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
18 Mar 1990	56.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
27 Dec 2008	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Rožňava, Slovakia
27 Oct 2011	78.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rožňava, Slovakia

a priest for 55.3 years
a bishop for 21.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ján Sokol
Ján Chryzostom Cardinal Korec, S.J.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Eduard Kojnok † (1990)
Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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 †

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 27 Dec 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Number 10,781
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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