Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jan 1949		Born
11 Oct 1979	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Hyderabad, India
22 May 1998	49.3	Appointed	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
22 Jul 1998	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
26 Jul 2002	53.4	Appointed	Bishop of Vijayawada, India
3 Jul 2012	63.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
2 Jan 2019	69.9	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India
2 Sep 2019	70.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Srikakulam, India
17 Feb 2024	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Visakhapatnam, India
7 Jun 2026	77.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

MicroData Summary
Prakash Mallavarapu
Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu
(born 29 Jan 1949, died 7 Jun 2026)
Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Jadi-Jamalpur, Diocese of Hyderabad
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Mariapuram, Cuddapah, Diocese of Cuddapah
Death Place Visakhapatnam, Archdiocese of Visakhapatnam

a priest for 46.6 years
a bishop for 27.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Saminini Arulappa †
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Bali Gali
Bishop of Guntur
Bishop John Mulagada †
Bishop of Eluru

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Saminini Arulappa † (1972)
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Rayarala Vijay Kumar, P.I.M.E. (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Prasad Gallela (2008)
Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera (2013)
Bishop Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M. (2016)
Bishop Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini (2016)
Bishop Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D. (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2107614

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,359
ab: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2012
ab: CB, 2 Jan 2019
r: Bollettino, 17 Feb 2024
bpd/opd: CB, 16 Jul 2024
d: CB, 6 Jun 2026

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