Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless

Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 May 1947		Born
4 Aug 1973	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA
10 Nov 2005	58.4	Appointed	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
20 Jan 2006	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
12 Feb 2025	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

MicroData Summary
Ralph Walker Nickless
Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless
(born 28 May 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City

Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop
Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Priest Blessed Sacrament, Church, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Bishop Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Church, Sioux City, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sioux City.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop James Vincent Casey †
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
Archbishop of Denver, Colorado
Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin
Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (1987)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop John Robert Roach † (1971)
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Michael Joensen (2019)
Bishop John Edward Keehner, Jr. (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 220582048
WikiData: Q2129827

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2005
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,041
c1: CB, 17 May 2022
r: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2025

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