Archbishop Alfonso Niehues †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Aug 1914		Born
16 Apr 1938	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Jan 1959	44.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
8 Jan 1959	44.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
5 Apr 1959	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
7 May 1959	44.7	Installed	Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Aug 1965	50.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
3 Aug 1965	50.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Aptuca
30 Dec 1965	51.3	Installed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
18 May 1967	52.7	Succeeded	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
23 Jan 1991	76.4	Retired	Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
30 Sep 1993	79.1	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

MicroData Summary for Alfonso Niehues
(WikiData: Q2834872)
Archbishop Alfonso Niehues (born 23 Aug 1914, died 30 Sep 1993) Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place São Ludgero, Diocese of Florianópolis (Santa Caterina)
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio, Shrine, Azambuja, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Death Place Azambuja, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Buried Place (Original) Cathedral, Brusque, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

a priest for 55.4 years
a bishop for 34.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira †
Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. †
Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina
Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt †
Titular Bishop of Rhaedestus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira † (1914)
Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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 Deacon:
Bishop Pedro Carlos Zilli, P.I.M.E. † (1984)
Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (1969)
Bishop João Francisco Salm (1979)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Tito Buss † (1969)
Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † (1975)
Bishop João Oneres Marchiori † (1977)
Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. † (1991)

Event	Place
Birth Place	São Ludgero, Diocese of Florianópolis (Santa Caterina)
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio, Shrine, Azambuja, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Death Place	Azambuja, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
Buried Place (Original)	Cathedral, Brusque, Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
bd: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1993, Page 230
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 26
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Ascendance
ab: Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 1,003
i: AK, 7 Apr 2022

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