James Daniel Niedergeses

Deceased Person

1917 – 2007

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Who was James Daniel Niedergeses?

James Daniel Niedergeses was an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was the ninth bishop of Nashville serving from 1975 to 1992.

Niedergeses born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 20, 1944 in Nashville. Before becoming bishop he spent 11 years in Chattanooga, the majority of his time there as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish.

On April 8, 1975, Pope Paul VI appointed Niedergeses Bishop of the Diocese of Nashville and he was consecrated on May 20, 1975. He retired on October 13, 1992.

He died, aged 90, at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville.

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Born
Feb 2, 1917
Tennessee
Nationality
  • United States of America
Lived in
  • Nashville
  • Chattanooga
Died
Nov 16, 2007
Nashville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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