Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm

Titular Bishop of Dura

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1906		Born	Frederiksvaerk, Denmark
22 May 1937	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
11 Aug 1947	40.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sweden
11 Aug 1947	40.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bilta
8 Sep 1947	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bilta
29 Jun 1953	46.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
1 Oct 1957	51.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
2 Jul 1962	55.8	Resigned	Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
2 Jul 1962	55.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Dura
31 Mar 1990	83.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 42.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough †
Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Knut Ansgar Nelson, O.S.B. † (1947)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Rüth, SS.CC. †

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