Bishop Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D.

Bishop of Kurnool, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Feb 1974		Born
1994²	19.8	First Vows	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
2000²	25.8	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites
10 Jan 2002	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites
27 Feb 2024	50.0	Appointed	Bishop of Kurnool, India
24 Apr 2024	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kurnool, India

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Johannes Gorantla
Bishop Johannes Gorantla O.C.D.
(born 27 Feb 1974)
Bishop of Kurnool

Event Place
Birth Place Nawabu Peta, Diocese of Vijayawada
Ordained Bishop Campus of, Our Lady of Lourdes, Cathedral, Kurnool, Diocese of Kurnool

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kurnool.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Anthony Cardinal Poola
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu †
Archbishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam
Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy
Bishop of Warangal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Anthony Cardinal Poola (2008)
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Archbishop Marampudi Joji † (1992)
Archbishop of Hyderabad
Archbishop Giorgio Zur † (1979)
Titular Archbishop of Sesta
Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot † (1954)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Maurice Cardinal Feltin † (1928)
Archbishop of Paris
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Binet † (1920)
Archbishop of Besançon
Louis-Henri-Joseph Cardinal Luçon † (1888)
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop Charles-Émile Freppel † (1870)
Bishop of Angers
François-Auguste-Ferdinand Cardinal Donnet † (1835)
Archbishop of Bordeaux
Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Forbin-Janson † (1824)
Bishop of Nancy (-Toul)
Archbishop Gustave-Maximilien-Juste de Croÿ-Solre † (1820)
Archbishop of Rouen
Archbishop Jean-Charles de Coucy † (1790)
Archbishop of Reims
Archbishop Antonio Dugnani † (1785)
Titular Archbishop of Rhodus
Carlo Cardinal Rezzonico (Jr.) † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Giovanni Francesco Cardinal Albani † (1760)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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: Q93250951

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Feb 2024
ob/c2: CB, 5 Apr 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,470

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