Archbishop József Grősz †

Deceased

Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1887		Born
14 Jul 1911	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Győr (Raab), Hungary
17 Dec 1928	41.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary
17 Dec 1928	41.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia
24 Feb 1929	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orthosias in Phoenicia
19 Jul 1939	51.6	Appointed	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
7 May 1943	55.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary
3 Oct 1961	73.8	Died	Archbishop of Kalocsa, Hungary

MicroData Summary
József Grősz
Archbishop József Grősz
(born 9 Dec 1887, died 3 Oct 1961)
Archbishop of Kalocsa

Event Place
Birth Place Feltorony, Diocese of Győr (Raab)
Ordained Bishop Seminary, Chapel, Győr, Diocese of Győr (Raab)

a priest for 50.2 years
a bishop for 32.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi, O.S.B. †
Archbishop of Esztergom
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferenc Virág †
Bishop of Pécs
Bishop József Lányi de Késmark †
Bishop of Knin (Tinin)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi, O.S.B. † (1928)
Archbishop of Esztergom
Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander 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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Bertalan Badalik, O.P. † (1949)
Bishop János Bárd † (1951)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Istvan Hász † (1929)
Bishop Kálmán József Papp † (1946)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/230693
VIAF: 89651171
WikiData: Q112841

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1929, Number 13
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 25, Number 1,390

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