Bishop Joseph Irimpen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1919		Born	Poovathussery
6 May 1950	31.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Jun 1974	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
8 Sep 1974	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
1 Dec 1994	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India
23 Aug 1997	78.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabarese), India

a priest for 47.3 years
a bishop for 23.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Kundukulam †
Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Irimpen † (1974)
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil † (1953)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Pazhayattil

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