Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †

Deceased

Bishop of Visakhapatnam

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jul 1912		Born	Rentachintala
28 Sep 1945	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
10 Dec 1963	51.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India
10 Dec 1963	51.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius
7 Apr 1964	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Feradi Maius
4 Oct 1966	54.3	Succeeded	Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India
2 Aug 1981	69.1	Died	Bishop of Visakhapatnam, India

a priest for 35.8 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
James Robert Cardinal Knox †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Mark Gopu †
Bishop Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. † (1964)
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:
Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph S. Thumma †
Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †
Archbishop Mariadas Kagithapu, M.S.F.S.
Bishop John Mulagada

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