Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha †

Deceased

Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1867		Born
15 Jul 1893	26.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Lviv, Ukraine
1 Oct 1893	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
27 Nov 1911	44.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
17 Dec 1911	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kraków, Poland
14 Dec 1925	58.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
18 Feb 1946	78.7	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 1946	78.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova
23 Jul 1951	84.1	Died	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

MicroData Summary
Adam Stefan Sapieha
Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha
(born 14 May 1867, died 23 Jul 1951)
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}

Consistory - 1946: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Castle, Krasiczyn, Diocese of Przemyśl
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Sistine, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Archbishop's Palace, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Buried Place (Original) Wawel, Cathedral, Kraków, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}

a priest for 57.8 years
a bishop for 39.5 years
a cardinal for 5.4 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko †
Titular Bishop of Memphis
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko †
Titular Bishop of Memphis
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius X
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Agostino Silj †
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Deacon:
Pope St. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1946)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. † (1930)
Bishop Julian Jan Groblicki † (1933)
Bishop Jan Pietraszko † (1936)
Bishop Stanislaw Smolenski † (1937)
Bishop Piotr Longin Bednarczyk † (1944)
Pope St. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1946)
Franciszek Antoni Cardinal Macharski † (1950)
Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pietro Mańkowski † (1918)
Bishop Teodor Kubina † (1926)
Bishop Stanislaw Rospond † (1927)
Bishop Jan Piotr Stepa † (1946)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Komar † (1921)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 40189672
WikiData: Q350963

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1911, Number 101
od/c0: CB, 23 Dec 2017
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 18 Feb 1946

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