Bishop James Anthony Toppo †

Deceased

Bishop of Jalpaiguri

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1930		Born	Silphari (Katkahi)
10 Aug 1960	30.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
24 Apr 1971	41.0	Appointed	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
17 Oct 1971	41.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
4 May 2004	74.0	Died	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

a priest for 43.7 years
a bishop for 32.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Bishop Francis Ekka †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop James Anthony Toppo † (1971)
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Minj
Bishop Stephen Lepcha

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)

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