Bishop Tomáš Galis

Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1950		Born
6 Jun 1976	25.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
28 Aug 1999	48.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
28 Aug 1999	48.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bita
25 Sep 1999	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bita
14 Feb 2008	57.1	Appointed	Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia
15 Mar 2008	57.2	Installed	Bishop of Žilina, Slovakia

MicroData Summary
Tomáš Galis
Bishop Tomáš Galis
(born 22 Dec 1950)
Bishop of Žilina

Ad Limina - June 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - November 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Selice

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Žilina.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rudolf Baláž †
Bishop of Banská Bystrica
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Dubovský, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Carcabia
Archbishop Luigi Dossena †
Titular Archbishop of Carpi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Rudolf Baláž † (1990)
Bishop of Banská Bystrica
Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop David Bartimej Tencer, O.F.M. Cap. (2015)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 84497414
WikiData: Q555893

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 14 Feb 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Number 13,621

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