Archbishop Justin Diraviam †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Apr 1907		Born	Palakurichi
6 Apr 1935	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Apr 1967	60.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Madurai, India
9 Jul 1967	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Madurai, India
3 Dec 1984	77.7	Retired	Archbishop of Madurai, India
25 Jan 1991	83.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

a priest for 55.8 years
a bishop for 23.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Robert Cardinal Knox †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Mendonça †
Archbishop John Peter Leonard, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Justin Diraviam † (1967)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy †
Bishop Ambrose Mathalaimuthu
Bishop Manuel Visuvasam †
Bishop Savarinathen Iruthayaraj †
Bishop Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather
Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edward Francis

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