Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Jaffna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1901		Born	Wennappuwa
7 Jul 1929	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
10 Mar 1949	47.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
10 Mar 1949	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bladia
22 May 1949	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bladia
18 Jul 1950	49.0	Succeeded	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
17 Jul 1972	71.0	Died	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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 43.0 years
a bishop for 23.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. †
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † (1949)
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † (1924)
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Archbishop Christophe-Etienne Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony †
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1949, Number 35

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