Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński †

Deceased

Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere

Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Aug 1901		Born
5 Apr 1924	22.6	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
3 Aug 1924	23.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
4 Mar 1946	44.5	Appointed	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
12 May 1946	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Lublin, Poland
12 Nov 1948	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
12 Nov 1948	47.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
12 Jan 1953	51.4	Elevated to Cardinal
18 May 1957	55.7	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
28 May 1981	79.8	Died	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
12 Sep 2021		Beatified

MicroData Summary
Bl. Stefan Wyszyński
Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński
(born 3 Aug 1901, died 28 May 1981)
Archbishop of Gniezno

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Zuzela, Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów
Ordained Priest Włocławek, Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Ordained Bishop Jasna Góra, Monastery, Częstochowa, Diocese of Częstochowa
Death Place Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 35.0 years
a cardinal for 28.3 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki †
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Wojciech Stanisław Owczarek †
Titular Bishop of Ascalon
Principal Consecrator:
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Gniezno
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Karol Mieczysław Radoński †
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Stanisław Czajka †
Titular Bishop of Centuria

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Edmund Ilcewicz † (1948)
Archbishop Boleslaw Pylak † (1948)
Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † (1949)
Bishop Kazimierz Romaniuk † (1951)
Bishop Józef Pazdur † (1951)
Bishop Bronisław Jan Maria Dembowski † (1953)
Bishop Alojzy Orszulik, S.A.C. † (1957)
Bishop Agostinho Stefan Januszewicz, O.F.M. Conv. † (1958)
Bishop Stanisław Kędziora † (1958)
Bishop Teofil Józef Wilski † (1960)
Bishop Bogdan Józef Wojtuś † (1961)
Bishop Józef Zawitkowski † (1962)
Bishop Marian Duś † (1968)
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki (1973)
Bishop Andrzej Franciszek Dziuba (1975)
Archbishop Tomash (Tomasz) Bernard Peta (1976)
Bishop Piotr Jarecki (1980)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Zdzisław Goliński † (1947)
Bishop Piotr Kałwa † (1949)
Archbishop Antoni Baraniak, S.D.B. † (1951)
Bishop Andrzej Wronka † (1957)
Bishop Józef Drzazga † (1958)
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta † (1958)
Bishop Lech Kaczmarek † (1959)
Bishop Wacław Wycisk † (1959)
Bishop Jan Czerniak † (1959)
Bishop Jerzy Modzelewski † (1959)
Bishop Henryk Grzondziel † (1959)
Bishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik † (1959)
Bishop Wincenty Urban † (1960)
Bishop Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † (1960)
Bishop Jan Wosinski † (1962)
Archbishop Bronisław Dąbrowski, F.D.P. † (1962)
Bishop Jan Wladyslaw Obląk † (1962)
Bishop Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski † (1962)
Archbishop Kazimierz Jan Majdański † (1963)
Bishop Jan Pietraszko † (1963)
Bishop Wacław Skomorucha † (1963)
Bishop Bogdan Bejze † (1963)
Bishop Jan Zareba † (1963)
Bishop Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski † (1964)
Wladyslaw Cardinal Rubin † (1964)
Bishop Franciszek Musiel † (1966)
Archbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk † (1966)
Bishop Jan Cieński † (1967)
Bishop Jan Nowicki † (1968)
Bishop Edward Henryk Materski † (1968)
Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly † (1969)
Bishop Władysław Miziołek † (1969)
Bishop Julian Andrzej Wojtkowski (1969)
Henryk Roman Cardinal Gulbinowicz † (1970)
Bishop Mikolaj Sasinowski † (1970)
Bishop Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † (1970)
Bishop Józef Kazimierz Kluz † (1972)
Bishop Czeslaw Lewandowski † (1973)
Bishop Marian Jozef Rechowicz † (1974)
Bishop Jan Stefan Gałecki † (1974)
Bishop Tadeusz Werno † (1974)
Bishop Jan Michalski † (1975)
Archbishop Edward Kisiel † (1976)
Archbishop Alfons Nossol (1977)
Józef Cardinal Glemp † (1979)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Franciszek Salezy Korszyński † (1946)
Bishop Marian Jankowski † (1948)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Zuzela, Diocese of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów
Ordained Priest	Włocławek, Diocese of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Ordained Bishop	Jasna Góra, Monastery, Częstochowa, Diocese of Częstochowa
Death Place	Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Warszawa, Archdiocese of Warszawa {Warsaw}

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/78527
VIAF: 112935997
WikiData: Q165522

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 34
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Number 337, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 387, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 523, Ascendance
beat: CB, 21 Oct 2019
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 13, Number 681, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19, Number 980, Ascendance
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 67, Deceased Cardinals (back)
beat: CB, 23 Apr 2021

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