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
23 Nov 1970	78.9	Retired	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
14 Apr 1978	86.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 50.3 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francesco Tiburzio Roche, S.J. †
Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Mendonça † (1938)
Archbishop Jean Pierre 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)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 Thomas Fernando †
Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres †
Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho †
Bishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. †
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †
Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza †
Archbishop Justin Diraviam †

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1938, Number 56

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