Bishop Jožef Smej

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor

Titular Bishop of Tzernicus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1922		Born	Bogojina
8 Dec 1944	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maribor, Slovenia
15 Apr 1983	61.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
15 Apr 1983	61.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
23 May 1983	61.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
18 Jun 2009	87.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Maribor.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michele Cecchini †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franc Kramberger
Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jožef Smej (1983)
Archbishop Michele Cecchini † (1969)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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:
Archbishop Marjan Turnšek

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Jun 2009

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