Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B.

Bishop Emeritus of Dharmapuri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1935		Born	Pursawalkam
20 Apr 1965	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
24 Jan 1997	61.3	Appointed	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
24 Apr 1997	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
13 Jan 2012	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India

Ad Limina - June 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Dharmapuri.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop James Masilamony Arul Das †
Archbishop Michael Augustine

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. (1997)
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy (1962)
Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan † (1953)
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † (1930)
Archbishop Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. † (1909)
Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. † (1899)
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † (1883)
Archbishop François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, M.E.P. † (1868)
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. † (1845)
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Bishop Pietro Antonio Raimundo de San Giuseppe Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Bishop Pietro Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Bishop Luigi Maria di Gesu Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1754)
Archbishop Pedro José Manuel (Pedro de la Trinidad) Martínez de Arizala, O.F.M. † (1745)
Archbishop Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque † (1725)
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 †

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,995
r: Bollettino, 13 Jan 2012

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