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Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Jadowniki Mokre, Diocese of Tarnów
Ordained Priest	St. James, Co-Cathedral, Olsztyn
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Tarnów, Diocese of Tarnów

a priest for 63.5 years a bishop for 35.8 years

Ordained Deacon by: Bishop Tomasz Wilczyński † Titular Bishop of Polybotus Ordained Priest by: Bishop Józef Drzazga † Titular Bishop of Siniandus Principal Consecrator: Pope John Paul II (St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Edward Idris Cassidy † Titular Archbishop of Amantia Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno † Titular Archbishop of Truentum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope John Paul II (1958) (St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901) Archbishop of Lviv Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886) Bishop of Kraków Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861) Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Leo XII (1794) (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †) Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 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: Bishop Piotr Tomasz Kleszcz, O.F.M. Conv. (1993) Archbishop Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C. (1994) Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Wacław Józef Świerzawski † (1992) Bishop Jan Chrapek, C.S.M.A. † (1992) Bishop Antoni Pacyfik Dydycz, O.F.M. Cap. † (1994) Archbishop Marian Gołębiewski † (1996) Bishop Mariusz Leszczyński (1998) Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga (2002) Bishop Wiesław Alojzy Mering (2003) Bishop Tadeusz Płoski † (2004) Bishop Ryszard Kasyna (2005) Bishop Romuald Kamiński (2005) Bishop Krzysztof Nitkiewicz (2009) Bishop Krzysztof Jakub Wętkowski (2012) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Edward Janiak † (1996) Bishop Mieczysław Cisło (1998) Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski † (2002) Stanisław Kazimierz Cardinal Nagy, S.C.I. † (2003) Archbishop Stanisław Budzik (2004) Bishop Jan Zając (2004) Archbishop Józef Guzdek (2004) Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz (2008) Bishop Andrzej Jeż (2009) Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs (2010)

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