Bishop Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) †

Deceased

Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1879		Born
22 Mar 1903	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Apr 1938	58.4	Appointed	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
29 Jun 1938	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia
11 Aug 1965	85.7	Died	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

MicroData Summary
Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs)
Bishop Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs)
(born 29 Nov 1879, died 11 Aug 1965)
Bishop of Liepāja

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Pandélys, Diocese of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
Ordained Bishop Saint Jacques, Church, Riga, Archdiocese of Riga

a priest for 62.3 years
a bishop for 27.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski †
Archbishop of Mohilev
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antonino Arata †
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jāzeps Rancāns †
Titular Bishop of Marcopolis
Bishop Boļeslavs Sloskāns †
Titular Bishop of Cillium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antonino Arata † (1935)
Titular Archbishop of Sardes
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41148752048141200982
WikiData: Q10833710

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 49

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