Bishop Krzysztof Józef Nykiel

Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary

Titular Bishop of Velia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Feb 1965		Born
9 Jun 1990	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Łódź, Poland
26 Jun 2012	47.3	Appointed	Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary
1 May 2024	59.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Velia
22 Jun 2024	59.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Velia

MicroData Summary
Krzysztof Józef Nykiel
Bishop Krzysztof Józef Nykiel
(born 28 Feb 1965)
Regent of Apostolic Penitentiary

Event Place
Birth Place Osjaków
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Apostolic Penitentiary.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Władysław Ziółek
Bishop of Łódź
Principal Consecrator:
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza
Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Angelo Cardinal De Donatis
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Archbishop Władysław Ziółek
Archbishop Emeritus of Łódź

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Mauro Cardinal Piacenza (2003)
Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo alle Tre Fontane
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B. (1991)
Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}
Archbishop Albino Mensa † (1960)
Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli
Bishop Gaudenzio Binaschi † (1930)
Bishop of Pinerolo
Bishop Giuseppe Castelli † (1911)
Bishop of Novara
Agostino Cardinal Richelmy † (1886)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Gaetano Cardinal Alimonda † (1877)
Archbishop of Torino {Turin}
Archbishop Salvatore Magnasco † (1868)
Archbishop of Genova
Gustav Adolf Cardinal von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst † (1857)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontina
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 250332516
WikiData: Q6440150

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Jun 2012
ab: Bollettino, 1 May 2024
c1: CB, 8 May 2024
ob/c2: CB, 13 May 2024
c34: AJ, 31 May 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,518

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