Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jul 1933		Born
2 Dec 1964	31.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
29 Jan 1973	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Kohima-Imphal, India
14 Oct 1973	40.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kohima-Imphal, India
11 Jul 1996	63.0	Resigned	Bishop of Kohima, India
18 Nov 1997	64.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kohima, India

MicroData Summary
Abraham Alangimattathil
Bishop Abraham Alangimattathil S.D.B.
(born 11 Jul 1933, died 18 Nov 1997)
Bishop Emeritus of Kohima

Event Place
Birth Place Paika, Eparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Christ the King, Cathedral, Kohima, Diocese of Kohima-Imphal
Death Place Dimapur, Nagaland

a priest for 32.9 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Gordon †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Shillong-Gauhati
Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil †
Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Gordon † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2633188

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 23, Number 1,296
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 24, Number 1,352
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 25, Number 1,407

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