George Cardinal Alencherry

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Apr 1945		Born
19 Nov 1972	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
11 Nov 1996	51.5	Appointed	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
2 Feb 1997	51.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
24 May 2011	66.0	Selected	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
25 May 2011	66.0	Confirmed	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Feb 2012	66.8	Elevated to Cardinal
18 Feb 2012	66.8	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
14 Oct 2012	67.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

MicroData Summary for George Alencherry (VIAF: 198902359)
George Cardinal Alencherry (born 19 Apr 1945) Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly

Ad Limina - March 2011: Bishop
Consistory - February 2012: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2013: Participated
Ad Limina - October 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Thuruthy

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antony Padiyara †
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Powathil
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Lawrence Ephraem Thottam †
Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara)
Bishop Mathew Vattackuzhy †
Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Powathil (1972)
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara (2012)
Bishop George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. (2012)
Bishop George Madathikandathil (2013)
Bishop Joseph Kollamparampil, C.M.I. (2013)
Bishop Jose Puthenveettil (2013)
Bishop John "Joy" Alappat (2014)
Bishop Ephrem Nariculam (2014)
Bishop Joseph Kodakallil (2015)
Bishop Jose Kalluvelil (2015)
Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden (2015)
Bishop Joseph (Benny Mathew) Srampickal (2016)
Bishop Stephen Chirappanath (2016)
Bishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal (2017)
Bishop Sebastian (Jobby) Pozholiparampil (2017)
Bishop John Nellikunnel (2018)
Bishop James Athikalam, M.S.T. (2018)
Bishop Vincent Nellaiparambil (2019)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Mattekatt (2013)

Source(s):

s/c: Bollettino, 26 May 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,918
card: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2012
1b07: Bollettino, 18 Feb 2012
i: Bollettino, 3 Oct 2012

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