Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Raiganj

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1916		Born	Paikpara
21 Nov 1948	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
8 Aug 1962	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Dumka, India
7 Oct 1962	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dumka, India
8 Jun 1978	62.4	Appointed	Bishop of Raiganj, India
29 Jan 1986	70.0	Died	Bishop of Raiganj, 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 37.2 years
a bishop for 23.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Gonzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. † (1962)
Archbishop Michael Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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:
Bishop Francis Ekka †
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo

Source(s):

b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 168

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