Bishop Gerard Bernacki †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1942		Born
4 Jun 1967	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Katowice, Poland
18 Mar 1988	45.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
18 Mar 1988	45.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum
16 Apr 1988	45.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum
31 Jan 2012	69.2	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
21 Dec 2018	76.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice, Poland

MicroData Summary
Gerard Bernacki
Bishop Gerard Bernacki
(born 3 Nov 1942, died 21 Dec 2018)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Katowice

Ad Limina - December 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Ksiazenice
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Katowice, Diocese of Katowice
Death Place Prudnik

a priest for 51.5 years
a bishop for 30.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Herbert Bednorz †
Titular Bishop of Bulla Regia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Damian Zimoń
Bishop of Katowice
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanisław Nowak †
Bishop of Częstochowa
Bishop Alfons Nossol
Bishop of Opole

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Damian Zimoń (1985)
Bishop of Katowice
Józef Cardinal Glemp † (1979)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bl. Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński † (1946)
Archbishop of Gniezno
August Józef Cardinal Hlond, S.D.B. † (1926)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Aleksander Cardinal Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki (1992)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 303074294
WikiData: Q1510116

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 118, Number 10,553
r: Bollettino, 31 Jan 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 209, Number 17,245
d: CB, 22 Dec 2018
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Necrology (back)

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