Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1906		Born
21 Dec 1935	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Jul 1950	44.4	Appointed	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Nov 1950	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Feb 1981	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Nov 1986	80.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Palai (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil
Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil
(born 28 Jan 1906, died 21 Nov 1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Palai

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

Event Place
Birth Place Palai, Vicariate Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Santa Teresa al Corso, Church, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 50.9 years
a bishop for 36.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant †
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jerome M. Fernandez †
Bishop of Quilon
Bishop Thomas Tharayil †
Titular Bishop of Azotus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Jacob Angadiath (1972)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Perumattam, M.S.T. † (1977)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry † (1968)
Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary † (1970)
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy † (1973)
Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil (1973)
Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. † (1973)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7442545

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 96
r: CB, 29 Aug 2025

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