Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina

Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Oct 1822		Born
13 Jul 1845	22.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
17 Jun 1856	33.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia
17 Jun 1856	33.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela
17 Jun 1856	33.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador
17 Jun 1856	33.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Peru
17 Jun 1856	33.6	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia
25 Jul 1861	38.7	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Colombia
25 Jul 1861	38.7	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Venezuela
25 Jul 1861	38.7	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Ecuador
25 Jul 1861	38.7	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Peru
25 Jul 1861	38.7	Resigned	Apostolic Delegate to Bolivia
30 Sep 1861	38.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
30 Sep 1861	38.9	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
3 Nov 1861	39.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Thebae
8 Jan 1866	43.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
15 Mar 1875	52.3	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Apr 1876	53.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
1 Feb 1892	69.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Feb 1896	73.2	Retired	Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland
30 Nov 1896	74.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
22 Jul 1902	79.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań, Poland

MicroData Summary for Mieczyslaw Halka Ledóchowski
(VIAF: 32029864; WikiData: Q712071)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski (born 29 Oct 1822, died 22 Jul 1902) Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno e Poznań

First Vatican Council: Council Father
Consistory - March 1875: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1878: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Górki, Diocese of Sandomierz
Ordained Bishop SS. Trinità a Montecitorio, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original) Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current) Cathedral, Poznań, Archdiocese of Poznań

a priest for 57.0 years
a bishop for 40.7 years
a cardinal for 27.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Luigi Emmanuele Nicolo Cardinal Lambruschini, B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Principal Consecrator:
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro †
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Salvatore Nobili Vitelleschi †
Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
Archbishop Alessandro Franchi †
Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Józef Cybichowski † (1867)
Bishop Jan Chryzostom Janiszenwski † (1871)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Manuel Canuto Restrepo y Villegas † (1870)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Górki, Diocese of Sandomierz
Ordained Bishop	SS. Trinità a Montecitorio, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Original)	Campo Verano, Cemetery, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Buried Place (Current)	Cathedral, Poznań, Archdiocese of Poznań

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 287, and Page 545
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 49, and Page 50
ab/1856: LB, 20 Jul 2013
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1861, Number 35
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 15 Mar 1875
nunc: Le Nunziature Apostoliche (Marchi), Page 63
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 245, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 560, Ascendance

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