Bishop Jožef Smej †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

Titular Bishop of Tzernicus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1922		Born
8 Dec 1944	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Maribor, Slovenia
15 Apr 1983	61.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
15 Apr 1983	61.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
23 May 1983	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus
18 Jun 2009	87.3	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia
21 Nov 2020	98.7	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

MicroData Summary
Jožef Smej
Bishop Jožef Smej
(born 15 Feb 1922, died 21 Nov 2020)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor

Ad Limina - January 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bogojina
Ordained Bishop St. John the Baptist, Cathedral, Maribor, Diocese of Maribor
Death Place Lenart

a priest for 75.9 years
a bishop for 37.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michele Cecchini †
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Franc Kramberger
Bishop of Maribor
Archbishop Alojzij Šuštar †
Archbishop of Ljubljana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michele Cecchini † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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 Priest:
Archbishop Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv. (1983)
Archbishop Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marjan Turnšek (2006)
Archbishop Alojzij Cvikl, S.J. (2015)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/290108
VIAF: 75560174
WikiData: Q132193

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Jun 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 82, Number 6,737
d: CB, 22 Nov 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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