Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Aug 1938		Born
14 Aug 1954	15.9	Entered	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
15 Aug 1955	16.9	Temporary Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
26 Aug 1961	23.0	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
30 Mar 1963	24.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
29 Jun 1963	24.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
20 Jun 1994	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
10 Jul 1994	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
29 Mar 2014	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
14 Sep 2025	87.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn, Poland

MicroData Summary
Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz
Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz O.F.M. Cap.
(born 24 Aug 1938, died 14 Sep 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Drohiczyn

Ad Limina - December 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Serpelice, Diocese of Pinsk, Belarus
Ordained Priest Capuchin, Monastery, Łomża, Diocese of Łomża
Ordained Bishop Sainte Trinité, Church, Drohiczyn, Diocese of Drohiczyn
Death Place Serpelice, Diocese of Drohiczyn

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 31.1 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Czesław Falkowski †
Bishop of Łomża
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Czesław Falkowski †
Bishop of Łomża
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk †
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Stanisław Szymecki †
Archbishop of Białystok
Archbishop Francesco Gioia, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk † (1989)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Serpelice, Diocese of Pinsk, Belarus
Ordained Priest	Capuchin, Monastery, Łomża, Diocese of Łomża
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Trinité, Church, Drohiczyn, Diocese of Drohiczyn
Death Place	Serpelice, Diocese of Drohiczyn

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/288170
VIAF: 89632130
WikiData: Q595521

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,352
r: Bollettino, 29 Mar 2014
qfmc/od/c0/loc: CB, 12 Aug 2024
d/i/temp: CB, 14 Sep 2025

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