Bishop John Lewis Adams

Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Nov 1963		Born
4 Jun 2003	39.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Christchurch, New Zealand
22 Jun 2023	59.5	Appointed	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand
30 Sep 2023	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palmerston North, New Zealand

MicroData Summary
John Lewis Adams
Bishop John Lewis Adams
(born 18 Nov 1963)
Bishop of Palmerston North

Event Place
Birth Place Christchurch, Diocese of Christchurch
Ordained Bishop Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Palmerston North, Diocese of Palmerston North

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Palmerston North.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe
Bishop of Auckland
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michael Andrew Gielen
Bishop of Christchurch
Bishop Michael Joseph Dooley
Bishop of Dunedin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stephen Marmion Lowe (2015)
Bishop of Auckland
Bishop Denis George Browne † (1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
Bishop John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † (1954)
Titular Bishop of Nigizubi
Archbishop Peter Thomas McKeefry † (1947)
Titular Archbishop of Dercos (Dercus)
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Richard Philip James Laurenson (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q119843560

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Jun 2023
c2+: CB, 29 Sep 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Number 21,302

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