Bishop Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik †

Deceased

Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Oct 1903		Born
30 Oct 1932	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lavant, Slovenia
15 Sep 1946	42.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
15 Sep 1946	42.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Abrittum
15 Dec 1946	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Abrittum
1949²	45.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lavant, Slovenia
15 Jun 1960	56.6	Appointed	Bishop of Lavant, Slovenia
13 May 1978	74.6	Died	Bishop of Maribor, Slovenia

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik
Bishop Maksimilijan Lukež Držečnik
(born 5 Oct 1903, died 13 May 1978)
Bishop of Maribor

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 Vinšek/Zgornja Orlica, near Ribnica, Diocese of Lavant
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Maribor, Diocese of Lavant
Death Place Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Buried Place (Original) Saint John the Baptist, Cathedral, Maribor, Diocese of Maribor

a priest for 45.5 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ivan Jožef Tomažič †
Bishop of Lavant
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Josip Antun Ujčić †
Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo)
Bishop Josip Lach †
Titular Bishop of Dodona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ivan Jožef Tomažič † (1928)
Bishop of Lavant
Bishop Andrea Karlin † (1911)
Bishop of Lavant
Archbishop Franz Xaver Nagl † (1902)
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Dragutin Nežić † (1950)
Archbishop Marko Alaupović † (1950)
Archbishop Jože Pogačnik † (1963)
Bishop Janez Jenko † (1964)
Bishop Stanislav Lenič † (1968)
Bishop Vekoslav Grmič † (1968)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vinšek/Zgornja Orlica, near Ribnica, Diocese of Lavant
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Maribor, Diocese of Lavant
Death Place	Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Ljubljana
Buried Place (Original)	Saint John the Baptist, Cathedral, Maribor, Diocese of Maribor

External Link(s):

VIAF: 3249154441734135460008
WikiData: Q1886530

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 107
nm/loc: CB, 5 Feb 2025

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