Bishop Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

Titular Bishop of Sophene

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1876		Born
27 Oct 1907	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
29 Sep 1918	41.9	Appointed	Bishop of Riga, Latvia
15 Dec 1918	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Riga, Latvia
10 Apr 1920	43.4	Resigned	Bishop of Riga, Latvia
10 Apr 1920	43.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Canea
8 Dec 1920	44.1	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania
8 Dec 1920	44.1	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Latvia
8 Dec 1920	44.1	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Estonia
Dec 1921³	45.0	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Lithuania
Dec 1921³	45.0	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Latvia
Dec 1921³	45.0	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Estonia
21 Apr 1922	45.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gdańsk, Poland
21 Dec 1922	46.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pergamum
2 Jan 1926	49.1	Appointed	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
13 Jun 1938	61.6	Resigned	Bishop of Gdańsk, Poland
13 Jun 1938	61.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Sophene
27 Jun 1943	66.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk, Poland

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke
(VIAF: 81919070; WikiData: Q337366)
Bishop Edward Aleksander Wladyslaw O’Rourke (born 26 Oct 1876, died 27 Jun 1943) Bishop Emeritus of Gdańsk

Event Place
Birth Place Basin, Diocese of Minsk, Belarus
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius, Lithuania
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 35.6 years
a bishop for 24.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. †
Bishop of Vilnius
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. †
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Assisted by:
Father Kazimierz Mikolaj Michalkiewicz †
Priest of Vilnius

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bl. Jerzy Bolesław Matulewicz-Matulaitis, M.I.C. † (1918)
Bishop of Vilnius
Bishop Pranciškus Karevičius (Karewicz), M.I.C. † (1914)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Archbishop Wincenty Kluczynski † (1910)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Kasper Felicjan Cyrtowt † (1897)
Titular Bishop of Castoria
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Maximilian Josef Johannes Kaller † (1930)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Basin, Diocese of Minsk, Belarus
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius, Lithuania
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,814
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1918, Number 66
c4: CB, 5 Oct 2018
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Number 19,935
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 88, Additions/Corrections (back)

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