Bishop Leopold Nowak †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

Motto: Instaurare Omnia In Christo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Mar 1929		Born
10 May 1956	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Paderborn, Germany
12 Feb 1990	60.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg, Germany
12 Feb 1990	60.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cissa
24 Mar 1990	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cissa
27 Jun 1994	65.2	Appointed	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
9 Oct 1994	65.5	Installed	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
17 Mar 2004	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Magdeburg, Germany
12 Apr 2026	97.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg, Germany

MicroData Summary
Leopold Nowak
Bishop Leopold Nowak
(born 17 Mar 1929, died 12 Apr 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Magdeburg

Event Place
Birth Place Magdeburg, Diocese of Paderborn
Ordained Bishop St. Sebastian, Church, Magdeburg, Apostolic Administration of Magdeburg
Death Place Magdeburg, Diocese of Magdeburg

a priest for 69.9 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †
Titular Bishop of Chusira
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun †
Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †
Archbishop of Paderborn
Bishop Theodor Hubrich †
Titular Bishop of Auca

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Hans-Georg (Johannes) Braun † (1970)
Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena
Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen † (1952)
Titular Bishop of Chusira
Archbishop Lorenz Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop of Paderborn
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerhard Feige (1999)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 10923466
WikiData: Q96864

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121, Number 10,861
d: CB, 12 Apr 2026

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