Archbishop Edward Nowak

Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Titular Archbishop of Luni

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1940		Born
6 Jan 1963	22.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Przemyśl, Poland
13 Jan 1963	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Przemyśl, Poland
24 Feb 1990	50.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Luni
24 Feb 1990	50.0	Appointed	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
5 Apr 1990	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Luni
5 May 2007	67.2	Resigned	Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

MicroData Summary
Edward Nowak
Archbishop Edward Nowak
(born 21 Feb 1940)
Secretary Emeritus of Causes of Saints

Event Place
Birth Place Zmigród Nowy, Diocese of Przemyśl, Poland
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Franciszek Barda †
Bishop of Przemyśl
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franciszek Barda †
Bishop of Przemyśl
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali
Titular Archbishop of Volsinium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Kazimierz Ryczan † (1993)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 101843982
WikiData: Q727231

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 5 May 2007
ob/c23: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Number 10,783
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121

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