Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.

Bishop Emeritus of De Aar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1933		Born	Berwick
21 Sep 1966	33.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
23 Jan 1992	58.7	Appointed	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
1 May 1992	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
17 Jul 2009	76.2	Retired	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of De Aar.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †
Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †
Bishop Fritz Lobinger

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I. (1992)
Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry (1987)
Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R. † (1974)
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Adam Leszek Musialek, S.C.I.

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,676

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