Bishop Herbert Bednorz †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Sep 1908		Born
22 Jun 1932	23.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Katowice, Poland
4 May 1950	41.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
24 Dec 1950	42.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
12 Nov 1967	59.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
3 Jun 1985	76.6	Retired	Bishop of Katowice, Poland
12 Apr 1989	80.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

MicroData Summary
Herbert Bednorz
Bishop Herbert Bednorz
(born 22 Sep 1908, died 12 Apr 1989)
Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

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 Gliwice, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Death Place Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Christ the King, Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 38.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stanislaw Adamski †
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juliusz Bieniek †
Titular Bishop of Dascylium
Bishop Teodor Kubina †
Bishop of Częstochowa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stanislaw Adamski † (1930)
Bishop of Katowice
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
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 Deacon:
Bishop Marek Szkudło (1977)
Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (1982)
Ordained Priest:
Bishop Stefan Cichy (1963)
Bishop Gerard Bernacki † (1967)
Archbishop Wiktor Paweł Skworc (1973)
Bishop Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † (1976)
Bishop Piotr Libera (1976)
Bishop Marek Szkudło (1978)
Archbishop Józef Piotr Kupny (1983)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas † (1963)
Bishop Czesław Domin † (1970)
Bishop Janusz Edmund Zimniak † (1980)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislaw Jakiel † (1957)
Bishop Wilhelm Pluta † (1958)
Archbishop Jerzy Stroba † (1958)
Archbishop Szczepan Wesoly † (1969)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Gliwice, Diocese of Wrocław (Breslau)
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Death Place	Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Christ the King, Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice

External Link(s):

VIAF: 42924710
WikiData: Q1608042

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1989, Page 304
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 101
bpd/opd/loc: CB, 22 Dec 2024

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