Bishop Paweł Socha, C.M. †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

Titular Bishop of Thunigaba

Motto: Facere Veritatem In Caritate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jan 1935		Born
8 Dec 1956	21.9	Solemn Vows	Member of Congregation of the Mission
22 May 1958	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
20 Nov 1973	38.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gorzów, Poland
20 Nov 1973	38.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba
26 Dec 1973	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thunigaba
16 Jan 2012	77.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
29 Oct 2026	91.8	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

MicroData Summary
Paweł Socha
Bishop Paweł Socha C.M.
(born 10 Jan 1935, died 29 Oct 2026)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

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

Event Place
Birth Place Wojsławice, Diocese of Sandomierz
Ordained Priest Kościół Nawrócenia św. Pawła Apostolskiego, Stradom district, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Gorzów, Diocese of Gorzów
Death Place Zielona-Góra, Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

a priest for 68.4 years
a bishop for 52.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak †
Archbishop of Lviv
Principal Consecrator:
St. Karol Józef Cardinal Wojtyła †
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta †
Bishop of Gorzów
Bishop Jerzy Stroba †
Bishop of Szczecin-Kamień
Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †
Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
Bishop Albin Małysiak, C.M. †
Titular Bishop of Beatia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

St. Karol Józef Cardinal Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
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	Wojsławice, Diocese of Sandomierz
Ordained Priest	Kościół Nawrócenia św. Pawła Apostolskiego, Stradom district, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Gorzów, Diocese of Gorzów
Death Place	Zielona-Góra, Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów

External Link(s):

VIAF: 101741941
WikiData: Q2065135

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,825
r: Bollettino, 16 Jan 2012
sole: CB, 20 Jun 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 22, Number 1,238
ob.loc: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 84, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: CB, 29 Oct 2026

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