Bishop Ján Hirka

Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1923		Born	Abramovce
31 Jul 1949	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
2 Apr 1969	45.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
21 Dec 1989	66.1	Appointed	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
17 Feb 1990	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia
11 Dec 2002	79.1	Retired	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. †
Bishop Slavomir Miklovš †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ján Hirka (1990)
Jozef Cardinal Tomko (1979)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R.

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119, Number 10,692
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Number 10,779

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