Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu †

Deceased

Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jul 1904		Born
21 Dec 1935	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Jul 1950	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Nov 1950	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Dec 1950	46.4	Installed	Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
29 Jul 1956	52.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Oct 1969	65.2	Died	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Matthew Kavukattu
Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu
(born 17 Jul 1904, died 9 Oct 1969)
Archbishop of Changanacherry

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

a priest for 33.8 years
a bishop for 18.9 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 George Punnakottil (1961)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Antony Cardinal Padiyara † (1955)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q39191

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1950, Number 95

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