Bishop Wacław Józef Świerzawski †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 May 1927		Born
11 Dec 1949	22.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Lviv, Ukraine
3 Jun 1991	64.0	Incardinated	Priest of Lubaczów, Poland
25 Mar 1992	64.8	Appointed	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
28 Apr 1992	64.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
7 Oct 2002	75.3	Retired	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
7 Oct 2017	90.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz, Poland

MicroData Summary for Wacław Józef Świerzawski
(VIAF: 69348679; WikiData: Q913281)
Bishop Wacław Józef Świerzawski (born 14 May 1927, died 7 Oct 2017) Bishop Emeritus of Sandomierz

Event Place
Birth Place Złoczew, Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine
Ordained Priest Our Lady of Angels, Basilica, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral Basilica, Sandomierz, Diocese of Sandomierz
Death Place Sandomierz, Diocese of Sandomierz

a priest for 67.8 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak †
Archbishop of Lviv
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †
Archbishop of Przemyśl
Archbishop Boleslaw Pylak †
Archbishop of Lublin
Archbishop Marian Franciszek Jaworski †
Archbishop of Lviv

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk (1989)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga (2002)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Złoczew, Archdiocese of Lviv, Ukraine
Ordained Priest	Our Lady of Angels, Basilica, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Archdiocese of Kraków {Cracow}
Ordained Bishop	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral Basilica, Sandomierz, Diocese of Sandomierz
Death Place	Sandomierz, Diocese of Sandomierz

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 133, Number 11,976
opd: CB, 11 Feb 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)

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