Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Sep 1928		Born
15 Aug 1959	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines
1 Mar 1976	47.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
31 Mar 1977	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
16 May 2001	72.6	Retired	Bishop of Jabalpur, India
18 Nov 2016	88.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur, India

MicroData Summary
Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel
Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel O. Praem.
(born 23 Sep 1928, died 18 Nov 2016)
Bishop Emeritus of Jabalpur

Event Place
Birth Place Plassanal
Ordained Bishop Sts. Peter and Paul, Jabalpur, Diocese of Jabalpur

a priest for 57.2 years
a bishop for 39.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †
Archbishop of Bhopal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leobard D’Souza †
Archbishop of Nagpur
Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil
Titular Bishop of Abydus

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gerald Almeida (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † (1977)
Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. † (1977)
Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2430591

Source(s):

d: CB, 19 Nov 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 42, Number 2,809

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