Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S.

Bishop Emeritus of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Mar 1950		Born
17 May 1968	18.1	First Vows	Member of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
22 Dec 1975	25.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
11 Nov 1996	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Feb 1997	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India
28 Aug 2025	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Thomas Elavanal
Bishop Thomas Elavanal M.C.B.S.
(born 28 Mar 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Kalyan

Ad Limina - April 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mutholi, Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maidan, Vikroli

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary †
Titular Bishop of Arethusa dei Siri
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy
Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Paul Chittilapilly †
Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. † (1997)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. 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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Mutholi, Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop	Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maidan, Vikroli

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/140482
VIAF: 31094023
WikiData: Q2423665

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,923
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 28 Aug 2025

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