Grzegorz Wojciech Cardinal Ryś

Archbishop of Łódź, Poland

Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio

Motto: Virtus In Infirmitate

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Feb 1964		Born
22 May 1988	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Jul 2011	47.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
16 Jul 2011	47.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arcavica
28 Sep 2011	47.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arcavica
14 Sep 2017	53.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
4 Nov 2017	53.7	Installed	Archbishop of Łódź, Poland
25 Jun 2020	56.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz, Poland
11 Feb 2021	57.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Kalisz, Poland
30 Sep 2023	59.6	Elevated to Cardinal
30 Sep 2023	59.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio
22 Nov 2023	59.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Cirillo e Metodio

MicroData Summary
Grzegorz Wojciech Ryś
Grzegorz Wojciech Cardinal Ryś
(born 9 Feb 1964)
Archbishop of Łódź

Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop
Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Łódź.

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Ordained Priest by:
Franciszek Antoni Cardinal Macharski †
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Principal Consecrator:
Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Franciszek Antoni Cardinal Macharski †
Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}
Stanisław Marian Cardinal Ryłko
Cardinal-Deacon of Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz (1998)
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Piotr Tomasz Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv. (2024)
Bishop Zbigniew Daniel Wołkowicz (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Piotr Wawrzynek (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}

External Link(s):

VIAF: 85444545
WikiData: Q1551219

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2011
ob: CB, 16 Jul 2011
c34: CB, 16 Aug 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,150
ab: Bollettino, 14 Sep 2017
ab: Bollettino, 25 Jun 2020
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cpri: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023
i: Bollettino, 13 Nov 2023

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