Bishop Adam Lepa †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

Titular Bishop of Regiana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1939		Born
18 Mar 1962	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Łódź, Poland
4 Dec 1987	48.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
4 Dec 1987	48.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Regiana
2 Jan 1988	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Regiana
27 May 2014	75.1	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Łódź, Poland
27 Apr 2022	83.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

MicroData Summary
Adam Lepa
Bishop Adam Lepa
(born 17 Mar 1939, died 27 Apr 2022)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź

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

Event Place
Birth Place Łódź, Diocese of Łódź
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Łódź, Diocese of Łódź
Death Place Łódź, Archdiocese of Łódź

a priest for 60.1 years
a bishop for 34.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik †
Titular Bishop of Rhandus
Principal Consecrator:
Józef Cardinal Glemp †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Józef Rozwadowski †
Bishop Emeritus of Łódź
Bishop Władysław Ziółek
Bishop of Łódź

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ireneusz Józef Pękalski (2000)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41101816
WikiData: Q350289

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 118, Number 10,549
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 27 May 2014
d: CB, 28 Apr 2022

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