Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno-Poznań

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1822		Born	Gorki
13 Jul 1845	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
30 Sep 1861	38.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
1 Oct 1861	38.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
3 Nov 1861	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
8 Jan 1866	43.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
15 Mar 1875	52.4	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Apr 1876	53.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli
26 Jan 1896	73.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Feb 1896	73.3	Retired	Archbishop of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland
30 Nov 1896	74.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina
22 Jul 1902	79.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno-Poznań, Poland

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - March 1875: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1878: Participated

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 40.7 years
a cardinal for 27.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Salvatore Cardinal Nobili Vitelleschi †
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Józef Cybichowski †
Bishop Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski †
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko †

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