Bishop Gerard Alfons Kusz †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

Titular Bishop of Tagarbala

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1939		Born
24 Jun 1962	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opole, Poland
8 Jul 1985	45.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
8 Jul 1985	45.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
15 Aug 1985	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tagarbala
25 Mar 1992	52.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
15 Nov 2014	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
15 Mar 2021	81.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

MicroData Summary
Gerard Alfons Kusz
Bishop Gerard Alfons Kusz
(born 23 Oct 1939, died 15 Mar 2021)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice

Ad Limina - December 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Dziergowice, Diocese of Opole
Ordained Priest Opole, Diocese of Opole
Ordained Bishop Holy Cross, Cathedral, Opole, Diocese of Opole
Death Place Gliwice, Diocese of Gliwice
Buried Place (Original) Dziergowice, Diocese of Gliwice

a priest for 58.7 years
a bishop for 35.5 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franciszek Jop †
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Principal Consecrator:
Józef Cardinal Glemp †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Henryk Roman Cardinal Gulbinowicz †
Archbishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}
Bishop Alfons Nossol
Bishop of Opole

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Józef Cardinal Glemp † (1979)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński † (1946)
Archbishop of Gniezno
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno
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

Ordained Deacon:
Bishop Andrzej Konrad Czaja (1987)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 164790779
WikiData: Q668407

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 15 Nov 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 94, Number 8,031
d: CB, 15 Mar 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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