Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt

Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Mar 1947		Born
27 Jul 1974	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Jun 1996	49.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 Jun 1996	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alton
9 Jul 1996	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alton
12 Jun 2001	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
6 Aug 2001	54.3	Installed	Bishop of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
24 Apr 2007	60.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2 May 2008	61.1	Succeeded	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
15 Jun 2015	68.2	Resigned	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

MicroData Summary
John Clayton Nienstedt
Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt
(born 18 Mar 1947)
Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Ad Limina - December 2004: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest Sacred Heart, Church, Dearborn, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Bishop Most Blessed Sacrament, Cathedral, Detroit, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch †
Titular Bishop of Pomaria
Principal Consecrator:
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Principal Co-Consecrators:
James Aloysius Cardinal Hickey †
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia
Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)
Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan
Archbishop Pio Laghi † (1969)
Titular Archbishop of Mauriana
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Marvin LeVoir (2008)
Bishop Lee Anthony Piché (2009)
Bishop Paul David Sirba † (2009)
Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss (2011)
Bishop David Dennis Kagan (2011)
Bishop John Thomas Folda (2013)
Bishop Andrew Harmon Cozzens (2013)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Donald Francis Hanchon (2011)
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes † (2011)
Bishop José Arturo Cepeda Escobedo (2011)
Bishop Robert Peter Deeley (2013)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1699620

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 24 Apr 2007
s: Bollettino, 2 May 2008
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 146, Number 12,771
r: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2015
c1: CB, 17 May 2022

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