Bishop François-Nestor Adam †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Note/Previous Titular See: (Congr. Ospitaliera del Gran San Bernardo)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Feb 1903		Born	Etroubles
28 Aug 1927	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Other
8 Aug 1952	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
12 Oct 1952	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Jun 1977	74.4	Retired	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Feb 1990	87.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop François-Nestor Adam † (1952)
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Henri Cardinal Schwery
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. †
Henri Cardinal Schwery
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli †
Bishop Gabriel Bullet
Bishop Otto Wüst †
Bishop Otmar Mäder †

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