Bishop Wacław Majewski †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

Titular Bishop of Docimium

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1891		Born
30 Nov 1916	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
7 May 1946	54.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
7 May 1946	54.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Docimium
29 Jun 1946	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Docimium
14 Jan 1983	91.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

MicroData Summary
Wacław Majewski
Bishop Wacław Majewski
(born 9 Sep 1891, died 14 Jan 1983)
Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}

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

Event Place
Birth Place Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Death Place Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}

a priest for 66.1 years
a bishop for 36.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Kazimierz Tomczak †
Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria
Archbishop Antoni Wladyslaw Szlagowski †
Titular Archbishop of Cotyaeum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Kazimierz Romaniuk † (1951)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski † (1959)
Bishop Władysław Miziołek † (1969)
Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † (1970)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 162288269
WikiData: Q8863147

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 52

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