Bishop Nikolaus Messmer, S.J. †

Deceased

Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1954		Born
1978	23.0	Professed	Priest of Society of Jesus
28 May 1989	34.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
18 Mar 2006	51.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan
18 Mar 2006	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)
2 Jun 2006	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Carmeiano (Cameiano)
18 Jul 2016	61.5	Died	Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

MicroData Summary for Nikolaus Messmer
(WikiData: Q523637)
Bishop Nikolaus Messmer S.J. (born 19 Dec 1954, died 18 Jul 2016) Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan

Ad Limina - October 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 27.1 years
a bishop for 10.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Józef Wesołowski †
Titular Archbishop of Slebte
Archbishop Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.
Bishop of Karaganda

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Mar 2006
ob/c2: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 185, Number 15,164
d: CB, 18 Jul 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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