Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak †

Deceased

Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1931		Born
25 May 1956	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
20 Feb 1982	50.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
20 Feb 1982	50.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
25 Mar 1982	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
25 Mar 1996	64.4	Appointed	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
25 Mar 2002	70.4	Died	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

MicroData Summary
Jan Wiktor Nowak
Bishop Jan Wiktor Nowak
(born 5 Oct 1931, died 25 Mar 2002)
Bishop of Siedlce

Event Place
Birth Place Torun
Ordained Bishop Gniezno, Archdiocese of Gniezno

a priest for 45.8 years
a bishop for 20.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franciszek Jedwabski †
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Józef Glemp †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jan Czerniak †
Titular Bishop of Eudocia
Bishop Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski †
Titular Bishop of Assus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Józef 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 Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † (1988)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102005230
WikiData: Q4110012

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,226

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