Bishop Bl. Niels Stensen †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany

Titular Bishop of Titopolis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1638		Born
7 Nov 1667	29.8	Converted
13 Apr 1675	37.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
21 Aug 1677	39.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
13 Sep 1677	39.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Titopolis
19 Sep 1677	39.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Titopolis
1680²	41.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
1683	44.9	Resigned	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
5 Dec 1686	48.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions, Germany
23 Oct 1988		Beatified

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Bl. Niels Stensen
(VIAF: 59109536; WikiData: Q151722)
Bishop Bl. Niels Stensen (born 11 Jan 1638, died 5 Dec 1686) Vicar Apostolic of Nordic Missions

Event Place
Birth Place Kobenhavn

a priest for 11.6 years
a bishop for 9.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo †
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Pier Antonio Capobianco †
Bishop Emeritus of Lacedonia
Bishop François Pallu, M.E.P. †
Titular Bishop of Heliopolis in Augustamnica

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

St. Gregorio Giovanni Gasparo Cardinal Barbarigo † (1657)
Bishop of Padova {Padua}
Marcantonio Cardinal Bragadin † (1629)
Cardinal-Priest of San Marco
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kobenhavn

Source(s):

b: Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 382
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1677, Number 33

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