Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil

Bishop of Alleppey, India

Apostolic Administrator of Cochin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Mar 1962		Born
17 Dec 1986	24.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Alleppey, India
7 Dec 2017	55.7	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India
11 Feb 2018	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Alleppey, India
11 Oct 2019	57.5	Succeeded	Bishop of Alleppey, India
12 Oct 2024	62.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India
7 Dec 2025	63.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Cochin, India

MicroData Summary
James Raphael Anaparambil
Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil
(born 7 Mar 1962)
Bishop of Alleppey

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kandakadavu, Diocese of Alleppey
Ordained Bishop Saint Andrew's, Basilica, Arthunkal, Diocese of Alleppey

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Alleppey.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Stephen Athipozhiyil †
Bishop of Alleppey
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Kariyil
Bishop of Cochin
Bishop Stanley Roman
Bishop of Quilon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Stephen Athipozhiyil † (2001)
Bishop of Alleppey
Bishop Peter Michael Chenaparampil † (1983)
Bishop of Alleppey
Bishop Michael Arattukulam † (1952)
Bishop of Alleppey
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop of Coimbra
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
Bishop of Porto
José Sebastião (d’Almeida) Cardinal Neto, O.F.M. Disc. † (1880)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Archbishop Gaetano Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Titular Archbishop of Neocaesarea in Ponto
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kandakadavu, Diocese of Alleppey
Ordained Bishop	Saint Andrew's, Basilica, Arthunkal, Diocese of Alleppey

External Link(s):

VIAF: 311411324
WikiData: Q44925522

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2017
ob: CB, 2 Jan 2018
ob.loc: CB, 4 Feb 2018
c2+: CB, 10 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 235, Number 19,674
s: Bollettino, 11 Oct 2019
aadm: CB, 25 Oct 2025

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