Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Feb 1935		Born
22 Jun 1958	23.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Opole, Poland
12 Jun 1981	46.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
12 Jun 1981	46.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia
16 Aug 1981	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thimida Regia
25 Mar 1992	57.1	Appointed	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
29 Dec 2011	76.8	Retired	Bishop of Gliwice, Poland
13 Sep 2023	88.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland

MicroData Summary for Jan Walenty Wieczorek
(VIAF: 55048943; WikiData: Q1682339)
Bishop Jan Walenty Wieczorek (born 8 Feb 1935, died 13 Sep 2023) Bishop Emeritus of Gliwice

Ad Limina - December 2005: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bodzanowice
Ordained Bishop Sainte Anne, Shrine, Gora
Death Place Diocesan Home for Retired Priests, Wiśnicz, Diocese of Gliwice

a priest for 65.2 years
a bishop for 42.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franciszek Jop †
Titular Bishop of Daulia
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alfons Nossol
Bishop of Opole
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stefan Bareła †
Bishop of Częstochowa
Bishop Józef Benedykt Kurpas †
Titular Bishop of Orisa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfons Nossol (1977)
Bishop of Opole
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Rudolf Pierskała (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Andrzej Konrad Czaja (2009)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Bodzanowice
Ordained Bishop	Sainte Anne, Shrine, Gora
Death Place	Diocesan Home for Retired Priests, Wiśnicz, Diocese of Gliwice

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,827
r: Bollettino, 29 Dec 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 77, Number 6,223
d: CB, 13 Sep 2023

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