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Bishop Thomas Tharayil †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese)

Events

a priest for 48.6 years a bishop for 29.8 years

Principal Consecrator: Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil † Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese) Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Juan Vicente Araña y Idígoras, O.C.D. † Bishop of Vijayapuram Bishop George Alapatt † Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabarese)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil † (1914) Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabarese) Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (1892) Titular Archbishop of Thebae Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (1878) Archbishop of Calcutta Bishop Johan Joseph Faict † (1864) Bishop of Brugge {Bruges} Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832) Archbishop of Mechelen Bishop Cornelius Richard Antoon van Bommel † (1829) Bishop of Liège Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828) Bishop of Namur {Namen} Bishop Josef von Hommer † (1824) Bishop of Trier Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795) Titular Bishop of Ierichus Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785) Archbishop of Köln {Cologne} Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayr † (1719) Titular Bishop of Pergamum Bishop Alexander Sigmund am Rhein zu Neuburg † (1691) Bishop of Augsburg Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690) Bishop of Konstanz {Constance} Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman † Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu † (1950) Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil † (1950) Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. † (1953) Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † (1954) Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry (1968)