Bishop Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil

Bishop of Bhagalpur

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Nov 1952		Born	Elanjy
28 Oct 1977	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bhagalpur, India
11 Jan 2007	54.1	Appointed	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
27 Feb 2007	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Bhagalpur.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.
Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil (2007)
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo (1978)
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Number 15,341
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 189, Additions/Corrections (front)

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