Bishop Vilhelms Ņukšs †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

Titular Bishop of Acci

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Jan 1938		Born
25 Mar 1964	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Riga, Latvia
23 Nov 1987	49.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
23 Nov 1987	49.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Acci
8 Dec 1987	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Acci
27 Feb 1993	55.1	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia

MicroData Summary
Vilhelms Ņukšs
Bishop Vilhelms Ņukšs
(born 16 Jan 1938, died 27 Feb 1993)
Auxiliary Bishop of Riga

Event Place
Birth Place Aizelksni

a priest for 28.9 years
a bishop for 5.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Petras Maželis †
Bishop of Telšiai
Principal Consecrator:
Julijans Cardinal Vaivods †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jānis Cakuls †
Titular Bishop of Tinista
Bishop Kazimirs Dulbinskis †
Titular Bishop of Gerara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Julijans Cardinal Vaivods † (1964)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Paolo Cardinal Marella † (1933)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte
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:
Bishop Vitaliy Skomarovskyi (1990)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jan Purwinski † (1991)
Jānis Cardinal Pujats (1991)
Bishop Jānis Bulis (1991)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 8559153411854841700004
WikiData: Q16355943

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 108, Number 9,516
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 121
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 109, Additions/Corrections (front)

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