Bishop Matthew Pothanamuzhi †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Dec 1903		Born	Arakuzha
2 Oct 1932	28.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
29 Jul 1956	52.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India
18 Nov 1956	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India
26 Feb 1977	73.2	Retired	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), India
6 Feb 1982	78.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabarese), 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 49.3 years
a bishop for 25.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo 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 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary † (1970)
Bishop George Punnakottil (1977)

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1956, Number 103

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