Bishop Marko Culej †

Deceased

Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1938		Born
24 Apr 1964	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Zagreb, Croatia
7 Jan 1992	53.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
7 Jan 1992	53.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Limata
22 Feb 1992	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Limata
5 Jul 1997	59.4	Appointed	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia
19 Aug 2006	68.5	Died	Bishop of Varaždin, Croatia

MicroData Summary
Marko Culej
Bishop Marko Culej
(born 19 Jan 1938, died 19 Aug 2006)
Bishop of Varaždin

Event Place
Birth Place Repno
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Zagreb, Archdiocese of Zagreb

a priest for 42.3 years
a bishop for 14.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Franjo Cardinal Kuharić †
Archbishop of Zagreb
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Djuro Kokša †
Titular Bishop of Grumentum
Bishop Juraj Jezerinac
Titular Bishop of Strumnitza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Franjo Cardinal Kuharić † (1964)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Archbishop Franjo Šeper † (1954)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić † (1937)
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Archbishop Antun Bauer † (1911)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15834050

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132, Number 11,915
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
opd: CB, 30 May 2020

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