Archbishop George Antonysamy

Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Feb 1952		Born
19 Nov 1980	28.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tiruchirapalli, India
4 Aug 2005	53.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Sulci
4 Aug 2005	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea
4 Aug 2005	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
4 Aug 2005	53.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Gambia
20 Sep 2005	53.5	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Sierra Leone
21 Sep 2005	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Sulci
8 Sep 2008	56.5	Resigned	Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea
21 Nov 2012	60.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

MicroData Summary
George Antonysamy
Archbishop George Antonysamy
(born 15 Feb 1952)
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Tiruchirapalli, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Priest Saint Mary's, Cathedral, Tiruchirapalli, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Tiruchirapalli, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Fernando †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli
Principal Consecrator:
Ivan Cornelius Cardinal Dias †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Henryk Franciszek Hoser, S.A.C. †
Titular Archbishop of Tepelta
Bishop Antony Devotta †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Ivan Cornelius Cardinal Dias † (1982)
Archbishop of Bombay
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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:
Archbishop Edward Tamba Charles (2008)
Bishop Andrew Jagaye Karnley (2011)
Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell (2011)
Bishop Ambrose Pitchaimuthu (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah (2011)
Bishop Henry Aruna (2013)
Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B. (2015)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 89053441
WikiData: Q1426791

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 4 Aug 2005
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 182, Number 14,978
ab: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2012
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Deceased Cardinals (back)
bpd/c1/loc: CB, 20 Nov 2025

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