Bishop Bl. Niels Stensen †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions

Titular Bishop of Titopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1638		Born	Kobenhavn
7 Nov 1667	29.8	Converted
13 Apr 1675	37.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
21 Aug 1677	39.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
13 Sep 1677	39.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Titopolis
19 Sep 1677	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Titopolis
1680	42.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
1683	45.0	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
5 Dec 1686	48.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
23 Oct 1988		Beatified

a priest for 11.6 years
a bishop for 9.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bl. Niels Stensen † (1677)
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Laudivio Cardinal Zacchia † (1605)
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Pope Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) † (1592)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Pope Alessandro Farnese † (1519)
Pope Giovanni de’ Medici † (1513)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansone Riario † (1504)
Pope Giuliano della Rovere † (1481)
Pope Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. † (1471)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †

Source(s):

b: Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi

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