Bishop Herbert Bednorz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1908		Born	Gliwice
22 Jun 1932	23.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Katowice, Poland
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
24 Dec 1950	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
12 Nov 1967	59.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
3 Jun 1985	76.7	Retired	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
12 Apr 1989	80.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

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a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 38.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Titular Bishop of Dascylium
Bishop Teodoro Kubina †
Bishop of Częstochowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stanislaw Adamski † (1930)
Bishop of Katowice
August Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
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 Michal Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1759)
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 Stanislaw Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonaventura 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (1982)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stefan Cichy (1963)
Bishop Gerard Bernacki (1967)
Archbishop Wiktor Paweł Skworc (1973)
Bishop Piotr Libera (1976)
Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (1983)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas † (1963)
Bishop Czeslaw Domin † (1970)
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak (1980)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislaw Jakiel † (1957)
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta † (1958)
Archbishop Jerzy Stroba † (1958)
Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly (1969)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1989, Page 304
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1950, Number 101