Bishop Ján Hirka †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1923		Born
31 Jul 1949	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
2 Apr 1969	45.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
21 Dec 1989	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
17 Feb 1990	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
11 Dec 2002	79.0	Retired	Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia
10 Apr 2014	90.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak), Slovakia

MicroData Summary for Ján Hirka
(VIAF: 306324668; WikiData: Q957390)
Bishop Ján Hirka (born 16 Nov 1923, died 10 Apr 2014) Bishop Emeritus of Prešov (Prjašev)

Event Place
Birth Place Abramovce

a priest for 64.6 years
a bishop for 24.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bl. Vasil Hopko †
Titular Bishop of Midila
Principal Consecrator:
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Rusnak, C.SS.R. †
Bishop of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovak)
Bishop Slavomir Miklovš †
Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. (1998)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Jonáš (Jozef) Maxim, M.S.U. (1998)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Milan Chautur, C.SS.R. (1992)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Abramovce

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119, Number 10,692
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120, Number 10,779
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)

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