Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga †

Deceased

Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 May 1940		Born
2 Jun 1963	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
13 Jun 1988	48.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
13 Jun 1988	48.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mascula
25 Jun 1988	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mascula
25 Mar 1992	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
24 May 1992	52.0	Installed	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
25 Apr 2012	71.9	Died	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

MicroData Summary
Jan Bernard Szlaga
Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga
(born 24 May 1940, died 25 Apr 2012)
Bishop of Pelplin

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gdynia

a priest for 48.8 years
a bishop for 23.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Kazimierz Jósef Kowalski †
Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)
Principal Consecrator:
Józef Cardinal Glemp †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno †
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Bishop Marian Przykucki †
Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Józef Cardinal Glemp † (1979)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński † (1946)
Archbishop of Gniezno
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno
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 Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
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 Bonawentura Dobrogost 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel (1993)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Arkadiusz Okroj (1992)
Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag (1993)
Archbishop Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Eduardo Zielski (2000)
Bishop Wiesław Alojzy Mering (2003)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102305166
WikiData: Q561132

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 114, Number 10,124
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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