Archbishop Nikolaus Adames †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Dec 1813		Born
25 Aug 1839	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Namur {Namen}, Belgium
2 Jun 1840	26.4	Incardinated	Priest of Luxembourg
7 May 1848	34.3	Appointed	Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg
27 Mar 1863	49.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Luxembourg
27 Mar 1863	49.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
29 Jun 1863	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
30 Sep 1870	56.7	Appointed	Bishop of Luxembourg
25 Dec 1870	56.9	Installed	Bishop of Luxembourg
27 Sep 1883	69.7	Resigned	Bishop of Luxembourg
2 Nov 1883	69.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus
13 Feb 1887	73.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

MicroData Summary for Nikolaus Adames
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Archbishop Nikolaus Adames (born 29 Dec 1813, died 13 Feb 1887) Bishop Emeritus of Luxembourg

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ulflingen, Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg
Ordained Bishop N.D. des Affliges, Luxembourg, Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg

a priest for 47.4 years
a bishop for 23.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle †
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Wilhelm Arnoldi †
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Paul-Georges-Marie Dupont des Loges †
Bishop of Metz

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Nicolas-Joseph Dehesselle † (1836)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Archbishop Engelbert Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Johann Jakob Kraft † (1868)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ulflingen, Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg
Ordained Bishop	N.D. des Affliges, Luxembourg, Vicariate Apostolic of Luxembourg

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1885
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 237, and Page 297
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 355
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1863, Number 9

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