Edward Nowak Explained

Type:Bishop
Edward Nowak
Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
See:Luni (titular)
Appointed:24 February 1990
Term End:5 May 2007
Successor:Michele Di Ruberto
Ordination:13 January 1963
Ordained By:Franciszek Barda
Consecration:5 April 1990
Consecrated By:Pope John Paul II
Birth Date:21 February 1940
Birth Place:Nowy Żmigród, Poland
Edward Nowak
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Monsignor
Deathstyle:n/a

Edward Nowak (born 21 February 1940) is a Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Assessor of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and Canon of St. Peter's Basilica.[1]

Nowak was born in Nowy Żmigród, and ordained to the priesthood on 6 January 1963 for the diocese of Przemyśl. In 1990, he was appointed Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and was ordained Titular Archbishop of Luni. He received his episcopal consecration on 5 April 1990 from Pope John Paul II, with Archbishops Giovanni Battista Re and Justin Francis Rigali serving as co-consecrators. On 5 May 2007 Pope Benedict XVI named him as Assessor of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in the Roman Curia.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnowaked.html Archbishop Edward Nowak