Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Nellore

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Dec 1908		Born	Cheruvukumpalem
12 Dec 1935	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest
22 Jun 1967	58.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore, India
22 Jun 1967	58.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Corniculana
11 Oct 1967	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Corniculana
16 Mar 1970	61.2	Succeeded	Bishop of Nellore, India
4 Aug 1973	64.6	Resigned	Bishop of Nellore, India
4 May 1979	70.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Nellore, India

a priest for 43.4 years
a bishop for 11.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Mark Gopu †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius Mummadi †
Bishop Alfonso Beretta, P.I.M.E. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bala Shoury Thumma † (1967)
Archbishop Joseph Mark Gopu † (1948)
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † (1930)
Archbishop Elie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. † (1909)
Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. † (1899)
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † (1883)
Archbishop François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, M.E.P. † (1868)
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. † (1845)
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Bishop Pietro Antonio Raimundo de San Giuseppe Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Bishop Pietro Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Bishop Luigi Maria di Gesu Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1754)
Archbishop Pedro José Manuel (Pedro de la Trinidad) Martínez de Arizala, O.F.M. † (1745)
Archbishop Gregorio de Molleda y Clerque † (1725)
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 Joseph S. Thumma †
Bishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy †

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