Bishop Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
6 May 1933		Born
8 Dec 1955	22.5	Professed	Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
17 May 1963	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
22 Jan 1983	49.7	Appointed	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Apr 1983	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Jul 2010	77.1	Retired	Bishop of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India
19 Jul 2026	93.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Gregory Karotemprel
Bishop Gregory Karotemprel C.M.I.
(born 6 May 1933, died 19 Jul 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Rajkot

Ad Limina - April 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chemmalamattam, Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Rajkot, Eparchy of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar)
Death Place CMI St Joseph Provincial House, Rajkot, Eparchy of Rajkot (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 63.1 years
a bishop for 43.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antony Padiyara †
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. †
Bishop of Ahmedabad
Bishop Gratian Mundadan, C.M.I.
Bishop of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antony Padiyara † (1955)
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P. † (1941)
Bishop of Mysore
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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:
Bishop José Chittooparambil, C.M.I. (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. † (1987)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 307324543
WikiData: Q1545356

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2010
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 79, Number 6,439
prof/bpd: CB, 27 May 2024
d: CB, 19 Jul 2026

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