Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D.

Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1961		Born
2 May 1992	31.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
6 May 2014	53.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India
6 May 2014	53.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Rutabo
30 Aug 2014	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Rutabo
20 Jun 2019	58.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur, India
1 Nov 2021	60.5	Appointed	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India
11 Dec 2021	60.6	Installed	Bishop of Jamshedpur, India

MicroData Summary for Telesphore Bilung
(WikiData: Q16857451)
Bishop Telesphore Bilung S.V.D. (born 15 Apr 1961) Bishop of Jamshedpur

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sargidipa
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Loyola grounds, Ranchi, Archdiocese of Ranchi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Jamshedpur.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo † (1978)
Archbishop of Ranchi
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
Archbishop of Ranchi
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sargidipa
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, Loyola grounds, Ranchi, Archdiocese of Ranchi

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 May 2014
ob/c2+: CB, 22 Jul 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 220, Number 18,278
ab: CB, 20 Jun 2019
ab: Bollettino, 1 Nov 2021
i: AM, 28 May 2022

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