James Daniel Niedergeses

James Daniel Niedergeses (February 2, 1917 – November 16, 2007) was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as the ninth bishop of Nashville serving from 1975 to 1992.

Biography

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. ^[1]

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.^[2]

He died, aged 90, at Saint Thomas Hospital ^[3] in Nashville.^[4]

References

Episcopal succession

Diocese of Nashville Ordinaries Bishops Richard Pius Miles James Whelan Patrick Feehan Joseph Rademacher Thomas Sebastian Byrne Alphonse John Smith William Lawrence Adrian Joseph Aloysius Durick James Daniel Niedergeses Edward Urban Kmiec David Raymond Choby Churches Cathedral Cathedral of the Incarnation,Nashville Parishes St. Michael's Catholic Church, Cedar Hill (Mission) Education College Aquinas College, Nashville High schools Father Ryan High School, Nashville Pope John Paul II High School, Hendersonville St. Cecilia Academy, Nashville Catholicism Portal