Knut Ansgar Nelson
Knut Ansgar Nelson OSB (born October 1, 1906 in Frederiksværk , Denmark ; † March 31, 1990 in Newport (Rhode Island) , USA ) was a Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm .
Life
Knut Nelson, as his real name was, emigrated to the United States in 1925 and, after his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, joined the Benedictine order in May 1931 . After 1935 his religious vows had taken it bore the name Ansgar as a religious name and was on 22 May 1937 religious priests ordained Benedictine. He was then a teacher at the Benedictine Seminary and at Portsmouth Abbey School.
On July 12, 1947, he was appointed titular bishop of Bilta and at the same time appointed coadjutor vicar of Sweden . In this function he supported the incumbent Apostolic Vicar Bishop Johann Evangelist Müller , whose successor he would later become. The apostolic delegate of the United States Amleto Giovanni Cicognani and the co-consecrators Archbishop Francis Patrick Keough ( Providence , Rhode Iceland, United States) and Bishop Johannes Theodor Suhr OSB ( Vicar Apostolic of Denmark ) initiated him on September 8, 1947 Bishop.
After the restructuring of the Apostolic Vicariate Sweden to the diocese of Stockholm, he was called on June 29, 1953 as coadjutor bishop to the incumbent Bishop Müller. He succeeded Bishop Müller on October 1, 1957, to the bishopric of Stockholm. His age-appropriate retirement followed on July 2, 1962 with the simultaneous appointment as titular bishop of Dura . From 1962 to 1967 he was chaplain in a Swiss women's convent . He then went back to Portsmouth Abbey in the USA and taught at the seminary and in the novice house of Benedictine philosophy . He died at the age of 83 years on 31 March 1990, to commemorate him was in 1969 at the Portsmouth Abbey School, "Bishop Ansgar Nelson OSB Memorial Fund" (a scholarship - Foundation ) was founded.
Web links
- Apostolic succession: Appointments 1947 [1] , Appointments 1957 [2] , Appointments 1962 [3] , Nekrolog 1990 [4] , titular seats [5] - [6] ,
- Entry to Knut Ansgar Nelson on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Evangelist Müller |
Bishop of Stockholm 1957–1962 |
John Edward Taylor |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelson, Knut Ansgar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nelson, Knut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish Catholic Bishop of Stockholm |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frederiksvaerk , Denmark |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1990 |
| Place of death | Newport (Rhode Island) , USA |