Archbishop Joseph Powathil †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Aug 1930		Born
3 Oct 1962	32.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Jan 1972	41.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Jan 1972	41.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
13 Feb 1972	41.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Caesarea Philippi
26 Feb 1977	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kanjirapally (Syro-Malabar), India
5 Nov 1985	55.2	Appointed	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
22 Jan 2007	76.4	Retired	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Mar 2023	92.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Joseph Powathil
Archbishop Joseph Powathil
(born 14 Aug 1930, died 18 Mar 2023)
Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry

Ad Limina - March 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kurumbanadam
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place St. Thomas, Hospital, Chetipuza, Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 60.4 years
a bishop for 51.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bernardus Johannes Cardinal Alfrink †
Archbishop of Utrecht
William John Cardinal Conway †
Archbishop of Armagh

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam (1974)
Bishop Thomas Padiyath (1994)
Archbishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil (2000)
George Jacob Cardinal Koovakad (2004)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Mathew Vattackuzhy † (1987)
George Cardinal Alencherry (1997)
Archbishop George Kocherry (2000)
Bishop Mathew Arackal (2001)
Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam (2002)
Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt (2004)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop George Valiamattam (1989)
Bishop Jacob Manathodath (1992)
Bishop Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. † (1993)
Bishop Thomas Chakiath (1998)
Archbishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil (2017)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 43439868
WikiData: Q225499

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 22 Jan 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 903
d: CB, 18 Mar 2023

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