Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.

Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1947		Born
21 Dec 1973	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
2003²	55.6	Appointed	Superior General of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
15 Jul 2006	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
1 Oct 2006	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Aug 2023	76.3	Retired	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Thomas Thuruthimattam
Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam C.S.T.
(born 22 Apr 1947)
Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur

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

Event Place
Birth Place Aryvikuzhy
Ordained Bishop School Grounds, Near, Cathedral, Gorakhpur, Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Oswald Gracias
Archbishop of Agra
Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. †
Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. † (1997)
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T. (2023)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Aryvikuzhy
Ordained Bishop	School Grounds, Near, Cathedral, Gorakhpur, Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2427618

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jul 2006
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Number 15,271
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 26 Aug 2023

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