Bishop Matija Matiša Zvekanović †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Feb 1913		Born
29 Jun 1937	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
13 Nov 1955	42.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
13 Nov 1955	42.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Burca
25 Feb 1956	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Burca
1958²	44.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska, Serbia
8 Feb 1968	54.9	Appointed	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
25 Apr 1989	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Subotica, Serbia
24 Apr 1991	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Matija Matiša Zvekanović
Bishop Matija Matiša Zvekanović
(born 17 Feb 1913, died 24 Apr 1991)
Bishop Emeritus of Subotica

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

Event Place
Birth Place Subotica, Archdiocese of Kalocsa, Hungary
Ordained Bishop Sainte Thérèse, Church, Subotica, Apostolic Administration of Bačka (Bács) Jugoslavenska

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 35.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić †
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Franjo Šeper †
Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis in Thracia
Bishop Stjepan Bäuerlein †
Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić † (1937)
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Archbishop Antun Bauer † (1911)
Archbishop of Zagreb
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
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

Ordained Priest:
Ladislav Cardinal Nemet, S.V.D. (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Alfred Pichler † (1959)
Bishop Tamás Jung † (1972)
Bishop János Pénzes (1989)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q12636509

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 16
name: CB, 21 Apr 2021

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