John Joseph Nilan

Catholic bishop
Person human Q6242218
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Summary

John Joseph Nilan was born on August 1, 1855[1], in Newburyport[2]. He died on April 13, 1934[3], in Hartford[4]. He worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Position held: diocesan bishop[9]
  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[10]
  • Sex or gender: male[11]
  • Family name: Nilan[12]
  • Given name: John[13], Joseph[14]
  • Consecrator: William Henry O'Connell[15], Louis Sebastian Walsh[16], Daniel Francis Feehan[17]

FAQs

Where was John Joseph Nilan born?

John Joseph Nilan was born in Newburyport[2].

Where did John Joseph Nilan die?

John Joseph Nilan passed away in Hartford[4].

What did John Joseph Nilan do for work?

John Joseph Nilan worked as a Catholic priest[5] and Catholic bishop[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [11] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Hartford
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'no']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56926|batch #56926]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 24d ago · Hoefler50 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gcatholic person id → 7584
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Gcatholic person id: 7584, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790095155350"
  3. 5w ago · Bargioni · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held → diocesan bishop
    Given name → John, Joseph
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Instance of → human
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53268|batch #53268]]: add P1810 to P1047"
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