Bishop François-Nestor Adam, C.R.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Feb 1903		Born
1920	16.9	Professed	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
28 Aug 1927	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard
8 Aug 1952	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
12 Oct 1952	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
22 Jul 1977	74.4	Retired	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
8 Feb 1990	87.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

MicroData Summary
François-Nestor Adam
Bishop François-Nestor Adam C.R.B.
(born 7 Feb 1903, died 8 Feb 1990)
Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Etroubles, Diocese of Aosta, Italy
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}
Death Place Sion, Diocese of Sion {Sitten}

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Angelo Giuseppe Jelmini †
Titular Bishop of Thermae Basilicae
Bishop Louis-Séverin Haller, C.R.A. †
Titular Bishop of Bethleem

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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:
Henri Cardinal Schwery † (1957)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. † (1957)
Henri Cardinal Schwery † (1977)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli † (1968)
Bishop Gabriel Bullet † (1971)
Bishop Otto Wüst † (1976)
Bishop Otmar Mäder † (1976)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 52941801
WikiData: Q119067

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 94

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