Bishop Ignacy Swirski †

Deceased

Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Sep 1885		Born
28 Oct 1913	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Apr 1946	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
30 Jun 1946	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
25 Mar 1968	82.5	Died	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

MicroData Summary
Ignacy Swirski
Bishop Ignacy Swirski
(born 20 Sep 1885, died 25 Mar 1968)
Bishop of Siedlce

Event Place
Birth Place Ellerno, Archdiocese of Mohilev, Belarus
Ordained Bishop Pro-Cathedral, Białystok, Archdiocese of Vilnius, Lithuania
Death Place Siedlce, Diocese of Siedlce

a priest for 54.4 years
a bishop for 21.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Romuald Jałbrzykowski †
Archbishop of Vilnius
Bishop Stanisław Kostka Łukomski †
Bishop of Łomża

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Antoni Pawłowski † (1952)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Czesław Falkowski † (1949)
Bishop Aleksander Moscicki † (1952)
Bishop Wacław Skomorucha † (1963)
Bishop Władysław Jędruszuk † (1963)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 102117978
WikiData: Q11711395

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 59

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