Background
Niedergeses, James D. was born on February 2, 1917 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States.
Niedergeses, James D. was born on February 2, 1917 in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, United States.
Student, St. Bernard College. Student, St. Ambrose College. Student, Mount St. Mary Seminary of West.
Student, Athenaeum of Ohio.
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.