Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

Titular Bishop of Demetrias

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Dec 1886		Born
11 Mar 1911	24.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
13 Dec 1952	66.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
13 Dec 1952	66.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Demetrias
19 Mar 1953	66.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Demetrias
1965²	78.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
2 Aug 1979	92.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Francis Arthur Carvalho
Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho
(born 2 Dec 1886, died 2 Aug 1979)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

Event Place
Birth Place Villenour, Archdiocese of Pondicherry
Ordained Bishop Stadium, Madras, Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

a priest for 68.3 years
a bishop for 26.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Bishop of Bangalore
Bishop James Mendonça †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. † (1934)
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64778491

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 14

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