Bishop James Mendonça †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1892		Born	Muchur
8 Dec 1927	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Mar 1938	46.2	Appointed	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India
25 Jul 1938	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India
19 Dec 1970	79.0	Retired	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
14 Apr 1978	86.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

a priest for 50.3 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Peter Leonard, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Mendonça † (1938)
Archbishop John Peter Leonard, S.J. † (1936)
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
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 Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †
Bishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. †
Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho †
Archbishop Justin Diraviam †

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