Bishop Francis Vazhapilly †

Deceased

Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 May 1878		Born
22 Dec 1906	28.5	Ordained Priest	Priest
5 Apr 1921	42.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
7 Apr 1921	42.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia
6 Jul 1921	43.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Lydia
21 Dec 1923	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
12 May 1942	63.9	Died	Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Francis Vazhapilly
Bishop Francis Vazhapilly
(born 18 May 1878, died 12 May 1942)
Bishop of Trichur

Event Place
Birth Place Puthenvelikara
Ordained Bishop N.D. de Lourdes, Cathedral, Trichur, Vicariate Apostolic of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 35.3 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pietro Pisani †
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Augustine Kandathil †
Titular Bishop of Arad
Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil †
Titular Bishop of Busiris

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
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 James Kalacherry (Kalassery) † (1927)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leone Proserpio, S.J. † (1938)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5482649

Source(s):

b: Annuario Pontificio, Year 1941
c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1921, Number 52
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 96, Number 8,194

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