Bishop Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

Titular Bishop of Benda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Sep 1929		Born
24 Jul 1955	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Utrecht, Netherlands
15 Jan 1982	52.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
15 Jan 1982	52.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Benda
6 Mar 1982	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Benda
1 Sep 1999	69.9	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
5 Dec 2000	71.2	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands

MicroData Summary
Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus
Bishop Johannes Bernardus Niënhaus
(born 9 Sep 1929, died 5 Dec 2000)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht

Event Place
Birth Place Gendt
Ordained Bishop Ste. Catherine, Utrecht, Archdiocese of Utrecht

a priest for 45.3 years
a bishop for 18.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal Willebrands †
Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink †
Cardinal-Priest of San Gioacchino ai Prati di Castello
Bishop Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †
Bishop of Groningen
Bishop Rudolf Joseph Manfred Staverman, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Djajapura

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Johannes Gerardus Maria Cardinal Willebrands † (1964)
Cardinal-Priest of San Sebastiano alle Catacombe
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende (1991)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 280961312
WikiData: Q2448333

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 186, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 72, Number 5,787

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