Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag

Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal

Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam

Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde

Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau

Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 Feb 1968		Born
30 May 1993	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pelplin, Poland
15 Feb 2018	50.0	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
15 Feb 2018	50.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam
19 Mar 2018	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Traiectum ad Mosam
6 Mar 2022	54.0	Ceased	Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua
6 Sep 2022	54.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sénégal
6 Sep 2022	54.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Cape Verde
6 Sep 2022	54.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau
6 Sep 2022	54.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Mauritania

MicroData Summary
Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag
Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag
(born 6 Feb 1968)
Apostolic Nuncio of Sénégal

Event Place
Birth Place Więcbork, Poland
Ordained Priest Assumption of Mary, Cathedral Basilica, Pelplin, Diocese of Pelplin, Poland
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Sénégal.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga †
Bishop of Pelplin
Principal Consecrator:
Pope Francis
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Pietro Cardinal Parolin
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora di Coromoto in San Giovanni di Dio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Francis (1992)
(Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. †)
Antonio Cardinal Quarracino † (1962)
Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Bishop Anunciado Serafini † (1935)
Bishop of Mercedes
Archbishop Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † (1935)
Archbishop of Paraná
Archbishop Filippo Cortesi † (1921)
Titular Archbishop of Siraces
Antonio Cardinal Vico † (1898)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Víctor Luís Quematcha, O.F.M. (2025)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q48782452

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Feb 2018
c34: CB, 19 Mar 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,693
r: CB, 10 Mar 2022
ab: Bollettino, 6 Sep 2022

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