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Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Titular Bishop of Orisa

Events

a priest for 55.0 years a bishop for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Herbert Bednorz † Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Juliusz Bieniek † Titular Bishop of Dascylium Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Herbert Bednorz † (1950) Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia 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 Stanisław 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

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Czeslaw Domin † (1970) Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak (1980) Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek (1981) Archbishop Damian Zimoń (1985)

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