Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski

Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jul 1946		Born
6 Jun 1971	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gniezno, Poland
28 Mar 2002	55.7	Appointed	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
20 May 2002	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
16 Apr 2014	67.7	Appointed	Bishop of Legnica, Poland
28 Jun 2021	74.9	Retired	Bishop of Legnica, Poland

MicroData Summary for Zbigniew Kiernikowski
(VIAF: 102020454; WikiData: Q168094)
Bishop Zbigniew Kiernikowski (born 2 Jul 1946) Bishop Emeritus of Legnica

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

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

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Legnica.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jan Czerniak †
Titular Bishop of Eudocia
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henryk Józef Muszyński
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Mazur †
Bishop Emeritus of Siedlce

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk (2013)

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

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 167, Number 14,188
ab: Bollettino, 16 Apr 2014
r: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2021
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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