His Excellency, The Most Reverend

James Daniel Niedergeses
Bishop of Nashville
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
SeeDiocese of Nashville
In officeMay 20, 1975 to
October 13, 1992
PredecessorJoseph Aloysius Durick
SuccessorEdward Urban Kmiec
Orders
OrdinationApril 8, 1975
by William Lawrence Adrian
ConsecrationMay 20, 1975
by Giovanni Cicognani
Personal details
BornFebruary 2, 1917
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, US
DiedNovember 16, 2007(2007-11-16) (aged 90)
Nashville, Tennessee, US

James Daniel Niedergeses (February 2, 1917 – November 16, 2007) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 1975 to 1992.

Biography

James Niedergeses born on February 2, 1917, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. [1]He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Nashville by Bishop William Adrian on May 20, 1944, in Nashville. Niedergeses spent the 11 years in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the majority of his time there as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.[2]

On April 8, 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Niedergeses as bishop of the Diocese of Nashville, He was consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Giovanni Cicognani on May 20, 1975. [1]

Pope John Paul II accepted Niedergeses' resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Nashville on October 13, 1992.[1] James Niedergeses died on November 16, 2007, at age 90 at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville[3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bishop James Daniel Niedergeses [Catholic-Hierarchy]
  2. ↑ Diocese of Knoxville
  3. ↑ "welcome to Saint Thomas Hospital". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. ↑ Bishop Niedergeses, 'a model person,' dies at 90

Episcopal succession


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