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The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Pius XI


Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Titular Archbishop of Naupactus and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, the future Pope Pius XI. Ordained bishop 28 October 1919 in Warszawa, in the Cathedral, by Aleksander Kakowski, Archbishop of Warszawa, assisted by Saint Józef Sebastian Pelczar, Bishop of Przemysl of the Latins, and Stanislaw Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki, Bishop of Wloclawek.

Aleksander Kakowski, Archbishop of Warszawa. Ordained bishop 22 June 1913 at Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Stanislaw Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki, Bishop of Wloclawek, assisted by Jan Cieplak, Titular Bishop of Evaria and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohylew, and Longin Zarnowiecki, Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz.

Stanislaw Kazimierz ZdzitowieckiBishop of Wloclawek. Ordained bishop 23 November 1902 at Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek, Bishop of Plock, assisted by Karol Antoni Niedzialkowski, Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz, and Edward de Ropp, Bishop of Tyraspol.

Jerzy Józef Elizeusz SzembekBishop of Plock. Ordained bishop 30 June 1901 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Boleslaw Hieronim Klopotowski, Archbishop of Mohylew, assisted by Antoni Baranowski, Bishop of Sejny, and Karol Antoni Niedzialkowski, Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz.

Boleslaw Hieronim KlopotowskiTitular Bishop of Eleutheropolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz. Ordained bishop 21 November 1897 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon, Bishop of Zmudz, assisted by Antoni Baranowski, Bishop of Sejny, and Kazimierz Ruszkiewicz, Titular Bishop of Berissa and Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa.

Mieczyslaw Leonard PallulonBishop of Zmudz. Ordained bishop 3 June 1883 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Szymon Marcin Kozlowski, Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz, assisted by Kazimierz Józef Wnorowski, Bishop of Lublin, and Józef Hollak, Titular Bishop of Arathia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sejny.

Szymon Marcin KozlowskiBishop of  Luck i Zytomierz. Ordained bishop 13 May 1883 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Aleksander Kazimierz Beresniewicz, Bishop of Wloclawek, assisted by Tomasz Teofil Kulinski, Bishop of Kielce, and Karol Hryniewicki, Bishop of Wilno.

Aleksander Kazimierz BeresniewiczTitular Bishop of Maximianopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Zmudz. Ordained bishop 27 February 1859 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine by Waclaw Zylinski, Archbishop of Mohylew, assisted by Adam Stanislaw Krasinski, Sch. P., Bishop of Wilno, by Wincenty Lipski, Titular Bishop of Jonopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Tyraspol, by Antoni Fijalkowski, Titular Bishop of Thennesus and Auxiliary Bishop of Kamieniec, and Józef Maksymilian Staniewski, Titular Bishop of Platea and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohylew.

Waclaw ZylinskiBishop of Wilno. Ordained bishop 17 December 1848 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Kazimierz Dmochowski, Archbishop of Mohylew, assisted by Ignacy Holowinski, Titular Bishop of Carystus and Coadjutor of Mohylew, and Kasper Borowski, Bishop of Luck i Zytomierz.

Kazimierz DmochowskiTitular Bishop of Meloë and Auxiliary Bishop of Wilno. Ordained bishop 11 July 1841 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Ignacy Ludwik Pawlowski, Archbishop of Mohylew, assisted by Walenty Tomaszewski, Bishop of Wloclawek, and Pawel Straszynski, Bishop of Sejny.

Ignacy Ludwik PawlowskiTitular Bishop of Megara and Auxiliary Bishop of Kamieniec. Ordained bishop 15 February 1829 in Saint Petersburg, in the Church of Saint Catherine, by Michal Piwnicki, Titular Bishop of Rama and Coadjutor of Luck i Zytomierz, assisted by Mateusz Lipski, Titular Bishop of Aureliopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Mohylew, and Ignacy
Giedroyc, Titular Bishop of Casius and Coadjutor of Zmudz.

Michal PiwnickiTitular Bishop of Rama and Coadjutor of Luck i Zytomierz. Ordained bishop 6 May 1827 in Luck by Franciszek Mackiewicz, Bishop of Kamieniec, assisted by Jan Kanty Podhorodenski, Titular Bishop of Polemonium and Auxiliary Bishop of Luck, and Mateusz Maurycy Wojakowski, Titular Bishop of Arcadiopolis and Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin.

Franciszek MackiewiczBishop of Kamieniec. Ordained bishop 20 April 1817 in Luck, in the Cathedral, by Kasper Kazimierz Cieciszowski, Bishop of Luck, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Kasper Kazimierz CieciszowskiTitular Bishop of Theveste and Coadjutor of Kiev. Ordained bishop 8 October 1775 in Warszawa in the Church of Saint John, by Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka Mlodziejowski, Bishop of Poznan, assisted by Antoni Onufry Okecki, Bishop of Chelm, and Gabriel Wodzynski, Bishop of Smolensk.

Andrzej Mikolaj Stanislaw Kostka MlodziejowskiBishop of Przemysl of the Latins. Ordained bishop 2 February 1767 in Skierniewice by Wladyslaw Aleksander Lubienski, Archbishop of Gniezno, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Wladyslaw Aleksander LubienskiArchbishop of Lwów of the Latins. Ordained bishop 7 May 1758 in Warszawa by Adam Ignacy Komorowski, Archbishop of Gniezno, assisted by Antoni Sebastian Dembowski, Bishop of Wloclawek, and Kajetan Ignacy Soltyk, Bishop of Kiev of the Latins.

Adam Ignacy KomorowskiArchbishop of  Gniezno. Ordained bishop 28 October 1749 in Kraków by Andrzej Stanislaw Zaluski, Bishop of Kraków, assisted by Waclaw Sierakowski, Bishop of Przemysl of the Latins, and Michal Kunicki, Titular Bishop of Arsinoë and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków.

Andrzej Stanislaw ZaluskiBishop of Plock. Ordained bishop 13 February 1724 in Czestochowa, in the Sanctuary of Jasna Gora, by Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski, Bishop of Kraków, assisted by Jan Feliks Szaniawski, Titular Bishop of Capsus and Auxiliary Bishop of Lwów of the Latins, and Franciszek Józef Kraszkowski, Titular Bishop of Dardanus and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno.

Felicjan Konstanty SzaniawskiBishop of  Wloclawek. Ordained bishop 20 February 1707 in Lwów by Stanislaw Szembek, Archbishop of Gniezno, assisted by .., Bishop of .., and Adam Rostkowski, Titular Bishop of Philadelphia and Auxiliary Bishop of Luck.

Stanislaw SzembekTitular Bishop of Dionysias and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków. Ordained bishop 5 March 1690 in Warszawa, in the Church of the Visitation, by Jan Malachowski, Bishop of Kraków, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Jan MalachowskiBishop of Chelmno. Ordained bishop 9 September 1676 in Warszawa, in the Church of Saint John, by Bonawentura Madalinski, Bishop of Plock, assisted by Tomasz Ujejski, Bishop of Kiev of the Latins, and Stanislaw Calowanski, Titular Bishop of Lacedaemonia and Auxiliary Bishop of Plock.

Bonawentura MadalinskiTitular Bishop of Methone and Coadjutor of Plock. Ordained bishop 27 December 1672 in Warszawa, in the Church of Saint John, by Jan Gembicki, Bishop of Plock, assisted by Stefan Wierzbowski, Bishop of Poznan, and Krzystof Jan Zegocki, Bishop of Chelm.

Jan GembickiBishop of Chelmno. Ordained bishop ... August 1653 in Kraków, in the Cathedral, by Piotr Gembicki, Bishop of Kraków, assisted by Jan Zamoyski, Bishop of Przemysl of the Latins, and Wojciech Lipnicki, Titular Bishop of Laodicea and Auxiliary Bishop of Kraków.

Piotr GembickiBishop of  Przemysl of the Latins. Ordained bishop 22 February 1637 in Warszawa by Jan Wezyk, Archbishop of Gniezno, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Jan WezykBishop of Przemysl of the Latins. Ordained bishop in 1620 by Wawrzyniec Gembicki, Archbishop of Gniezno, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Wawrzyniec GembickiBishop of  Chelmno. Ordained bishop 1 April 1601 in Warszawa by Claudio Rangoni, Bishop of Reggio Emilia and Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Claudiio Rangoni, Bishop of Reggio Emilia. Ordained bishop 10 January 1593 in Rome, in the chapel of the palace, by Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P., assisted by Giovanni Domenico Macoto, O.P., Archbishop of Spalato, and Feliciano Ninguarda, O.P., Bishop of Como.

For the continuation of this lineage, please see the lineage of Pope Francis.