Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

Titular Bishop of Orisa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Mar 1912		Born
20 Apr 1937	25.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
23 Nov 1962	50.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
23 Nov 1962	50.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Orisa
24 Feb 1963	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Orisa
22 Jun 1991	79.2	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
19 May 1992	80.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

MicroData Summary for Józef Benedykt Kurpas
(VIAF: 63145911087227060160; WikiData: Q11182422)
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas (born 21 Mar 1912, died 19 May 1992) Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Paniowy, Diocese of Katowice
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 29.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Herbert Bednorz †
Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Titular Bishop of Dascylium
Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †
Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Herbert Bednorz † (1950)
Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski † (1930)
Bishop of Katowice
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Czesław Domin † (1970)
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak † (1980)
Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek † (1981)
Archbishop Damian Zimoń (1985)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paniowy, Diocese of Katowice
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 15

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