Bishop Leon Augustine Tharmaraj †

Deceased

Bishop of Kottar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1941		Born	Kovalam
29 Mar 1965	24.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kottar, India
14 Nov 1988	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kottar, India
6 Jan 1989	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kottar, India
15 Jan 2007	65.8	Died	Bishop of Kottar, India

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 18.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy
José Tomás Cardinal Sánchez

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leon Augustine Tharmaraj † (1989)
Pope Karol Józef Wojtyla † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Boleslaw Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
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:
Archbishop Maria Callist Soosa Pakiam

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