Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Mar 1910		Born	Pithra
21 Nov 1943	33.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
7 Mar 1961	51.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
21 May 1961	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
7 Aug 1985	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
20 May 1993	83.2	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 49.5 years
a bishop for 32.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Bishop Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. †
Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(Bl. 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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Ekka † (1968)
Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. † (1971)
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo (1978)
Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. (1985)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. † (1962)
Bishop Eric Benjamin † (1962)
Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. † (1971)
Bishop James Anthony Toppo † (1971)
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza (1974)
Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. (1974)
Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. † (1978)
Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (1980)
Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J. (1980)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137

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