Bishop Melchior Giedroyć †

Deceased

Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1536¹		Born
1571²	35.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
16 Jan 1576	40.0	Appointed	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
22 Apr 1576	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania
6 Apr 1609	73.2	Died	Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź), Lithuania

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain ; ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Melchior Giedroyć
(VIAF: 78828639; WikiData: Q2636385)
Bishop Melchior Giedroyć (born 1536, died 6 Apr 1609) Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)

Event Place
Birth Place Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius
Ordained Bishop Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius

a priest for 38.2 years
a bishop for 32.9 years

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Jerzy Cardinal Radziwiłł † (1583)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius
Ordained Bishop	Vilnius, Diocese of Vilnius

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,111
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 239
b: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1576, Number 5

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