Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Titular Bishop of Orisa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1912		Born	Paniowy
20 Apr 1937	25.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
23 Nov 1962	50.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
23 Nov 1962	50.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orisa
24 Feb 1963	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orisa
22 Jun 1991	79.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
19 May 1992	80.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

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

a priest for 55.1 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Herbert Bednorz †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas † (1963)
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 Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Bishop Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Archbishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (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 Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop Bonaventura Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Czeslaw Domin †
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak
Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek
Archbishop Damian Zimoń

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133

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