Bishop Joseph James Potocnak, S.C.I.

Bishop Emeritus of De Aar, South Africa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1933		Born
21 Sep 1966	33.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart
23 Jan 1992	58.6	Appointed	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
1 May 1992	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa
17 Jul 2009	76.1	Retired	Bishop of De Aar, South Africa

MicroData Summary for Joseph James Potocnak
(WikiData: Q1707321)
Bishop Joseph James Potocnak S.C.I. (born 13 May 1933) Bishop Emeritus of De Aar

Ad Limina - June 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Berwick

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of De Aar.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry †
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Everardus Antonius M. Baaij, S.C.I. †
Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal
Bishop Joseph Anthony De Palma, S.C.I. †
Bishop Emeritus of De Aar
Bishop Fritz Lobinger
Bishop of Aliwal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lawrence Patrick Henry † (1987)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Archbishop Stephen Naidoo, C.SS.R. † (1974)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Owen Cardinal McCann † (1950)
Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}
Archbishop Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † (1945)
Titular Archbishop of Adulis
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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:
Bishop Adam Leszek Musiałek, S.C.I. (2009)

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 17 Jul 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 130, Number 11,676

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