Archbishop Leon Wałęga †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1859		Born
24 Mar 1883	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
15 Apr 1901	42.0	Appointed	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
12 May 1901	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
4 May 1932	73.1	Resigned	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
4 May 1932	73.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tlos
27 Jan 1933	73.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Oxyrynchus
22 Apr 1933	74.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

MicroData Summary for Leon Wałęga
(VIAF: 102041658; WikiData: Q1818919)
Archbishop Leon Wałęga (born 25 Mar 1859, died 22 Apr 1933) Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów

Event Place
Birth Place Moszczenica

a priest for 50.0 years
a bishop for 31.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna z Kosielsko †
Bishop of Kraków
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski †
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Józef Weber, C. R. †
Titular Archbishop of Darnis

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal 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 Karol Pękala † (1928)
Bishop Michał Blecharczyk † (1932)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Komar † (1921)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Pietro Mańkowski † (1918)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Bishop Stanislaw Rospond † (1927)
Bishop Franciszek Lisowski † (1928)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Moszczenica

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1933
d: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1934
op/ob: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1932
b: Website of the Diocese, 20 May 2011
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 536
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1901, Number 16

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