Bishop Alexander Edezath †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cochin

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Oct 1904		Born	Kumbalanghi
20 Dec 1935	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cochin, India
19 Jun 1952	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Cochin, India
7 Dec 1952	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cochin, India
29 Aug 1975	70.8	Resigned	Bishop of Cochin, India
21 Aug 1979	74.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cochin, India

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 26.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
José Cardinal da Costa Nuñes †
Archbishop José Vieira Alvernaz †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexander Edezath † (1952)
Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira † (1928)
Bishop Manuel Luís Coelho da Silva † (1915)
Bishop António José de Souza Barroso † (1891)
José Sebastião Cardinal d’Almeida Neto, O.F.M. † (1880)
Gaetano Cardinal Aloisi Masella † (1877)
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Pope Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti † (1827)
Pope Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni † (1800)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Enrique Cardinal Enríquez † (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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Kureethara †

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1952, Number 111

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