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The Episcopal Lineage of Pope Hadrian VI

Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel, the future Pope Hadrian VI, Bishop of Tortosa. Ordained bishop in 1516 by Diego de Ribera, Bishop of Segovia, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….

Diego de Ribera, Bishop of Mallorca. Ordained bishop in 1508 at Madrid by Adriaan Appelkern, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Sebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, assisted by …, Bishop of …, and …, Bishop of ….


Adriaan Appelkern O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Sebaste and Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht. Elected 18 April 1502. The details of his episcopal ordination have not yet been discovered.