Bishop Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Floresta, Pernambuco

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1913		Born	Fröndenberg, Germany
23 Jun 1940	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family
4 Aug 1964	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
29 Nov 1964	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
12 Dec 1988	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil
5 Mar 1994	80.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil

a priest for 53.7 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Wember, M.S.F. †
Bishop Severino Mariano de Aguiar †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francisco Xavier Nierhoff, M.S.F. † (1964)
Lorenz Cardinal Jäger (Jaeger) † (1941)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 †

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