Bishop Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Jan 1701		Born
15 Jun 1726	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Trier, Germany
22 May 1728	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trier, Germany
2 Dec 1748	47.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
2 Dec 1748	47.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos
16 Feb 1749	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Myriophytos
2 Sep 1790	89.5	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

MicroData Summary
Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim
Bishop Johann Nikolaus (Febronius) von Hontheim
(born 27 Jan 1701, died 2 Sep 1790)
Auxiliary Bishop of Trier

Event Place
Birth Place Trier, Archdiocese of Trier
Ordained Bishop Mainz, Archdiocese of Mainz

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 41.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Christoph Nebel †
Titular Bishop of Capharnaum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Johann Friedrich von Lasser †
Titular Bishop of Lycopolis
Bishop Christian Albert Anton von Merle †
Titular Bishop of Sinope

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Christoph Nebel † (1734)
Titular Bishop of Capharnaum
Archbishop Philipp Karl von Eltz zu Kempenich † (1732)
Archbishop of Mainz
Archbishop Franz Georg von Schönborn † (1729)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Friedrich Karl von Schönborn † (1728)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn † (1695)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Matthias Starck † (1681)
Titular Bishop of Coronea
Archbishop Anselm Franz von Ingelheim † (1680)
Archbishop of Mainz
Bishop Johann Heinrich von Anethan † (1665)
Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria
Archbishop Max Heinrich von Bayern † (1651)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Bishop Fabio Chigi † (1635)
Bishop of Nardò
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff † (1755)
Bishop Johann Nepomuk August Ungelter von Deisenhausen † (1779)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Trier, Archdiocese of Trier
Ordained Bishop	Mainz, Archdiocese of Mainz

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/40643
VIAF: 19715176
WikiData: Q426954

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1749, Number 3
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 299, and Page 453
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 48, Number 3,280

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