Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Oct 1951		Born
24 May 1978	26.5	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
24 May 1981	29.5	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
2 Jun 1985	33.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Dec 2014	63.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India
24 Feb 2015	63.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India
6 Jun 2020	68.6	Resigned	Bishop of Kuzhithurai, India
24 Mar 2026	74.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai, India

MicroData Summary
Jerome Dhas Varuvel
Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel S.D.B.
(born 21 Oct 1951, died 24 Mar 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Kuzhithurai

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Paduvoor
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Trinity Central School, Chithirancode
Death Place Care Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Chennai

a priest for 40.8 years
a bishop for 11.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Remigius
Bishop of Kottar
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antony Pappusamy
Archbishop of Madurai
Archbishop George Antonysamy
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Remigius (1990)
Bishop of Kottar
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy † (1962)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan † (1953)
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † (1930)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Archbishop Élie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Cotrada
Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. † (1899)
Bishop of Kumbakonam
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † (1883)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Bishop François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, M.E.P. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Iasus
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Druzipara
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
Bishop Paolo Antonio Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Titular Bishop of Sura
Bishop Antonio Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
Bishop Luigi Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Titular Bishop of Usula
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1755)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Bishop Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. † (1754)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas † (1749)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu † (1738)
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (1731)
Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Bishop Julián Domínguez y Toledo † (1728)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Silvestre García Escalona † (1702)
Bishop of Salamanca
Patriarch Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán † (1691)
Patriarch of West Indies
Luis Manuel Cardinal Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † (1678)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † (1677)
Archbishop of Palermo
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Paduvoor
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Trinity Central School, Chithirancode
Death Place	Care Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Chennai

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18710369

Source(s):

b/c1: Bollettino, 22 Dec 2014
ob: CB, 7 Jan 2015
c2+: CB, 22 Feb 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 222, Number 18,374
r: Bollettino, 6 Jun 2020
d: CB, 24 Mar 2026

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