Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
16 Nov 1930		Born	Molasur
23 Apr 1959	28.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Oct 1976	45.9	Appointed	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
20 Apr 1977	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
24 Jan 1998	67.2	Resigned	Bishop of Cuddapah, India
31 Jul 2003	72.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India

a priest for 44.3 years
a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius Gopu, M.S.F.S. †
Bishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † (1977)
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram † (1953)
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. † (1934)
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
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 †

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 173, Necrology (back)

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