Bishop Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Jun 1933		Born
3 Oct 1961	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
4 Jul 1979	46.0	Appointed	Bishop of Rourkela, India
3 Nov 1979	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rourkela, India
2 Apr 2009	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Rourkela, India
11 Nov 2022	89.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela, India

MicroData Summary
Alphonse Bilung
Bishop Alphonse Bilung S.V.D.
(born 5 Jun 1933, died 11 Nov 2022)
Bishop Emeritus of Rourkela

Event Place
Birth Place Kusumdegi
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Rourkela, Diocese of Rourkela
Death Place Catholic Mission, Hospital, Nuagoan, Rourkela, Diocese of Rourkela

a priest for 61.1 years
a bishop for 43.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza †
Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Sambalpur
Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †
Bishop Emeritus of Sambalpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza † (1974)
Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lucas Kerketta, S.V.D. (1987)
Bishop Joseph Das † (1993)
Archbishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (2006)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2651068

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 2 Apr 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,319
d: CB, 11 Nov 2022

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