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Bishop François-Nestor Adam †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Sion {Sitten}

Note/Previous Titular See: (Congr. Ospitaliera del Gran San Bernardo)

Events

a priest for 62.4 years a bishop for 37.3 years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Filippo Bernardini †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop François-Nestor Adam † (1952) Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933) Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916) Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900) Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869) Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762) Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743) Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724) Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest: Henri Cardinal Schwery Principal Consecrator of: Bishop José Alfonso Tscherrig, C.SS.R. † Henri Cardinal Schwery Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Giuseppe Martinoli † Bishop Gabriel Bullet Bishop Otto Wüst † Bishop Otmar Mäder †

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