Bishop Pieter Antoon Nierman †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Groningen

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1901		Born	Hilversum
15 Aug 1924	23.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands
10 Mar 1956	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
11 May 1956	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
21 May 1969	68.3	Resigned	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
21 May 1969	68.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum
29 Nov 1970	69.8	Resigned	Titular Bishop of Oppidum Consilinum
15 Sep 1976	75.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Groningen, Netherlands

a priest for 52.1 years
a bishop for 20.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Pieter Antoon Nierman † (1956)
Bernard Jan Cardinal Alfrink † (1951)
Paolo Cardinal Giobbe † (1925)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johannes Willem Maria Bluijssen
Bishop Hubertus Cornelis Antonius Ernst

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