Archbishop Alfonso Niehues †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Aug 1914		Born	São Ludgero
16 Apr 1938	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Jan 1959	44.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 Jan 1959	44.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
5 Apr 1959	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
3 Aug 1965	50.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Aug 1965	50.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aptuca
18 May 1967	52.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23 Jan 1991	76.4	Retired	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
30 Sep 1993	79.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

a priest for 55.5 years
a bishop for 34.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †
Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Alfonso Niehues † (1959)
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Tito Buss
Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †
Bishop João Oneres Marchiori

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