James Daniel Niedergeses

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James Daniel Niedergeses (born February 2, 1917 in Lawrenceburg , Tennessee , † November 16, 2007 in Nashville , Tennessee) was the ninth Roman Catholic bishop of Nashville .

Life

James Daniel Niedergeses was born as the eldest of seven children in a farming family. From 1935 he attended Father Ryan High School in Nashville, from 1937 he studied at the seminary at St. Bernard College in Alabama and St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa. Lower Geses received on 20 May 1944, the sacrament of Holy Orders . He then spent eleven years in Chattanooga in pastoral care and as a hospital and prison minister. He also taught at Father Ryan in Nashville for 17 years . He was particularly involved in ecumenism and, as chairman of the "Clergy Association of Greater Chattanooga", was spokesman for the Christian churches .

In 1975 Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Nashville . He received his episcopal ordination from the Archbishop of Louisville , Thomas Joseph McDonough , on May 20, 1975. Co- consecrators were his predecessor, Bishop Joseph Aloysius Durick , and the Bishop of Evansville , Francis Raymond Shea . Niedergeses planted numerous new parishes in Tennessee while serving as a bishop. He was also the founder of the new Diocese of Knoxville in 1988.

In 1992 Pope John Paul II granted his resignation for health reasons. He died after a long illness in the Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville.

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predecessor Office successor
Joseph Aloysius Durick Bishop of Nashville
1975-1992 		Edward Urban Kmiec
personal data
SURNAME Niedergeses, James Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Niedergeses, James D.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman, Bishop of Nashville
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Lawrenceburg , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2007
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee