Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless [Catholic-Hierarchy]

• ️David M. Cheney
• ️Wed May 28 1947

Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

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Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 May 1947		Born
4 Aug 1973	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Denver, Colorado, USA
10 Nov 2005	58.4	Appointed	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
20 Jan 2006	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
12 Feb 2025	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

MicroData Summary
Ralph Walker Nickless
Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless
(born 28 May 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City

• Ad Limina - March 2012: Bishop
• Ad Limina - January 2020: Bishop

Event	Place
Birth Place	Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Priest	Blessed Sacrament, Church, Denver, CO, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Ordained Bishop	Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Church, Sioux City, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sioux City. a priest for years a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by: Archbishop James Vincent Casey † Archbishop of Denver, Colorado Principal Consecrator: Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver, Colorado Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (1987) Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa Archbishop John Robert Roach † (1971) Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954) Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930) Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913) Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875) Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Pope Pius IX (1827) (Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †) Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773) Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761) Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749) Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743) Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus Pope Benedict XIV (1724) (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †) Pope Benedict XIII (1675) (Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †) Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666) Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622) Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621) Archbishop of Bologna Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604) Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa) Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586) Cardinal-Bishop of Albano Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566) Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola Scipione Cardinal Rebiba † Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop William Michael Joensen (2019)

Source(s):

• b: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2005
• ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,041
• c1: CB, 17 May 2022
• r: Bollettino, 12 Feb 2025

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