Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1917		Born	Lawrenceburg
20 May 1944	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
8 Apr 1975	58.2	Appointed	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
20 May 1975	58.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
13 Oct 1992	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Nashville, Tennessee, USA
16 Nov 2007	90.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nashville, Tennessee, USA

a priest for 63.5 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick †
Bishop Francis Raymond Shea †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses † (1975)
Archbishop Thomas Joseph McDonough † (1947)
Dennis Joseph Cardinal Dougherty † (1903)
Francesco Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Anthony Joseph O’Connell
Bishop David Raymond Choby

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