Bishop Josip Lach †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

Titular Bishop of Dodona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Mar 1899		Born
18 Sep 1921	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Dec 1939	40.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Dec 1939	40.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dodona
7 Apr 1940	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Dodona
12 Sep 1983	84.4	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia

MicroData Summary
Josip Lach
Bishop Josip Lach
(born 16 Mar 1899, died 12 Sep 1983)
Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb

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

Event Place
Birth Place Varaždin

a priest for 61.9 years
a bishop for 43.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bl. Alojzije Stepinac †
Archbishop of Zagreb
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ivan Šarić †
Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}
Bishop Franjo Salis-Seewis †
Titular Bishop of Corycus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bl. Alojzije Stepinac † (1934)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Archbishop Antun Bauer † (1911)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik † (1946)
Archbishop Gabriel Bukatko † (1952)
Franjo Cardinal Šeper † (1954)
Bishop Celestin (Duje) Bezmalinović, O.P. † (1956)
Franjo Cardinal Kuharić † (1964)
Bishop Mijo Škvorc, S.J. † (1970)
Bishop Josip Salač † (1970)
Bishop Djuro Kokša † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q63928735

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1940, Number 19

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