Archbishop Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj, S.V.D.

Archbishop of Bhopal, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 May 1957		Born
12 Jun 1984	27.1	Perpetual Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 May 1985	28.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
11 May 2009	52.0	Appointed	Bishop of Khandwa, India
16 Jul 2009	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Khandwa, India
4 Oct 2021	64.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
27 Nov 2021	64.5	Installed	Archbishop of Bhopal, India

MicroData Summary
Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj
Archbishop Alangaram Arockia Sebastian Durairaj S.V.D.
(born 3 May 1957)
Archbishop of Bhopal

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Thirunagar
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Khandwa, Diocese of Khandwa

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Bhopal.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.
Archbishop of Bhopal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara †
Archbishop of Nagpur
Archbishop Peter Fernando †
Archbishop of Madurai

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. (1999)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara † (1977)
Archbishop of Nagpur
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Rumal Kharadi (2024)
Bishop Augustine Madathikunnel (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal (2024)
Bishop Jesu Gaspar Valan Arasu (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q697904

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 May 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 199, Number 16,252
ab: Bollettino, 4 Oct 2021
i: AM, 27 Nov 2021

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