Bishop Joseph Irimpen †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Feb 1919		Born
6 May 1950	31.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
27 Jun 1974	55.3	Appointed	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Sep 1974	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
1 Dec 1994	75.7	Retired	Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Aug 1997	78.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Palghat (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Joseph Irimpen
Bishop Joseph Irimpen
(born 25 Feb 1919, died 23 Aug 1997)
Bishop Emeritus of Palghat

Event Place
Birth Place Poovathussery
Ordained Bishop Saint Raphael, Cathedral, Palghat, Eparchy of Palghat (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 47.2 years
a bishop for 22.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil †
Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Kundukulam †
Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly †
Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Parecattil † (1953)
Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop James Pazhayattil † (1978)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13551428

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 27, Number 1,517
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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