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Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, C.SS.R. †

Deceased

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese)

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

a priest for 56.8 years a bishop for 14.2 years a cardinal for 10.1 years

Ordained Priest by: Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) † Archbishop of Bangalore Principal Consecrator: Pope John Paul II (Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn † Titular Archbishop of Cadi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Pope John Paul II (1958) (Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †) Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919) Archbishop of Lviv Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901) Archbishop of Lviv Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886) Bishop of Kraków Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861) Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839) Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826) Archbishop of Ravenna Pope Leo XII (1794) (Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †) Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758) Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati 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 † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of: Bishop Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. † (1997) Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. (1997) Bishop Thomas Chakiath (1998) Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (1999) Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (1999) Bishop Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. (2000) Bishop Jacob Angadiath (2001) Bishop Sebastian Adayanthrath (2002) Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil (2003) Bishop José Porunnedom (2004) Bishop Anthony Chirayath (2006) Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (2006) Bishop Joseph Erumachadath, M.C.B.S. (2007) Bishop Bosco Puthur (2010) Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (1999)