Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Sep 1928		Born
21 Dec 1955	27.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Dec 1967	39.2	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Dec 1967	39.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cephas
24 Feb 1968	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Cephas
5 May 1974	45.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
9 May 2005	76.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
12 Dec 2005	77.2	Retired	Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
14 Jun 2017	88.7	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Kuriakose Kunnacherry
Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry
(born 11 Sep 1928, died 14 Jun 2017)
Archbishop Emeritus of Kottayam

Event Place
Birth Place Kaduthuruthy, Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart Mount, Kottayam, Eparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Death Place Kottayam, Archeparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 61.4 years
a bishop for 49.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg †
Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Tharayil †
Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †
Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg † (1949)
Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Joseph Pandarasseril (Pandarassery) (2006)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara † (1977)
Bishop Mathew Vattackuzhy † (1987)
Bishop Peter Thuruthikonam † (1988)
Archbishop Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal (1997)
Bishop Mathew Arackal (2001)
Bishop Jacob Angadiath (2001)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 4023002
WikiData: Q1711469

Source(s):

r: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 111
d: CB, 14 Jun 2017
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 7, Number 345
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Additions/Corrections (front)

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