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Recent Bishop Events

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
19 Sep 202543.3AppointedYoohanon Alexios KuttiyilAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
43.3AppointedYoohanon Alexios KuttiyilTitular Bishop of CanathaAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
63.4AppointedKuriakose Osthathios Thomas ThadathilApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
63.4AppointedKuriakose Osthathios Thomas ThadathilTitular Bishop of MariammeApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
20 Sep 202575.0RetiredThomas D’SouzaArchbishop of CalcuttaArchbishop Emeritus
63.0SucceededElias FrankArchbishop of Calcutta
22 Sep 202587.9DiedEdwin Colaço †Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad
3 Oct 202572.9InstalledSebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar)
7 Oct 202584.1CeasedBernard Blasius MorasApostolic Administrator of MysoreArchbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
66.1InstalledFrancis Serrao, S.J.Bishop of Mysore
18 Oct 202563.7SucceededSelvarajan DasanBishop of Neyyattinkara
75.1RetiredVincent SamuelBishop of NeyyattinkaraBishop Emeritus
19 Oct 202558.5InstalledSebastian VaniyapurackalArchbishop of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar)
25 Oct 202564.0AppointedStephen Eustace Victor FernandesAuxiliary Bishop of Bombay
64.0AppointedStephen Eustace Victor FernandesTitular Bishop of Abbir MaiusAuxiliary Bishop of Bombay
55.0AppointedAntony KattiparambilBishop of Cochin
49.4CeasedAntony Prince PanengadenArchiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar)Archbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar)
56.6Ordained BishopJoseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I.Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar)
26 Oct 202549.4InstalledAntony Prince PanengadenArchbishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar)
1 Nov 202564.9AppointedSimon AlmeidaBishop of Poona
2 Nov 202566.7InstalledKuriakose BharanikulangaraArchbishop of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar)
5 Nov 202563.2Ordained BishopJames Patteril, C.M.F.Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabar)
17 Nov 202554.5AppointedSusai Jesu, O.M.I.Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
22 Nov 202543.4Ordained BishopYoohanon Alexios KuttiyilTitular Bishop of CanathaAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara)
53.3AppointedRabindra Kumar RanasinghAuxiliary Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
53.3AppointedRabindra Kumar RanasinghTitular Bishop of Thuburbo MaiusAuxiliary Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
63.6Ordained BishopKuriakose Osthathios Thomas ThadathilTitular Bishop of MariammeApostolic Visitor (Visitator)
26 Nov 202548.5AppointedJoshy George Pottackal, O. Carm.Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop-Elect
48.5AppointedJoshy George Pottackal, O. Carm.Titular Bishop of CeramussaAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany
29 Nov 202560.8AppointedEdward BarettoCoadjutor Bishop of Darjeeling
7 Dec 202563.7CeasedJames Raphael AnaparambilApostolic Administrator of CochinBishop of Alleppey
55.1Ordained BishopAntony KattiparambilBishop of Cochin
8 Dec 202555.1InstalledAntony KattiparambilBishop of Cochin
3 Jan 202664.2Ordained BishopStephen Eustace Victor FernandesTitular Bishop of Abbir MaiusAuxiliary Bishop of Bombay
17 Jan 202665.2Ordained BishopSimon AlmeidaBishop of Poona
53.5Ordained BishopRabindra Kumar RanasinghTitular Bishop of Thuburbo MaiusAuxiliary Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
21 Jan 202661.0Ordained BishopEdward BarettoCoadjutor Bishop of Darjeeling
25 Jan 202693.9DiedDominic Kokkat, C.S.T. †Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)
26 Jan 202654.6Ordained BishopSusai Jesu, O.M.I.Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
31 Jan 202663.4AppointedLeslie Clifford D’SouzaBishop of UdupiBishop-Elect
76.2RetiredGerald Isaac LoboBishop of UdupiBishop Emeritus
14 Feb 202653.6AppointedFrancisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto PinheiroBishop of SindhudurgBishop-Elect
10 Mar 202668.3AppointedSebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
13 Mar 202673.0AppointedLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to Croatia
15 Mar 202648.8Ordained BishopJoshy George Pottackal, O. Carm.Titular Bishop of CeramussaAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Mainz, Germany
16 Apr 202653.7Ordained BishopFrancisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto PinheiroBishop of SindhudurgBishop-Elect
20 Apr 202663.6Ordained BishopLeslie Clifford D’SouzaBishop of UdupiBishop-Elect

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