Bishop Joseph Kariyil

Bishop Emeritus of Cochin, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1949		Born
19 Dec 1973	24.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cochin, India
12 Mar 2005	56.1	Appointed	Bishop of Punalur, India
3 May 2005	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Punalur, India
8 May 2009	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Cochin, India
5 Jul 2009	60.4	Installed	Bishop of Cochin, India
2 Mar 2024	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Cochin, India

MicroData Summary
Joseph Kariyil
Bishop Joseph Kariyil
(born 11 Jan 1949)
Bishop Emeritus of Cochin

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

Event Place
Birth Place Arthunkal
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Saint Mary, Cathedral, Punlaur, Diocese of Punalur

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Cochin.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Mathias Kappil †
Bishop Emeritus of Punalur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stanley Roman
Bishop of Quilon
Bishop Vincent Samuel
Bishop of Neyyattinkara

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Mathias Kappil † (1986)
Bishop Emeritus of Punalur
Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Selvister Ponnumuthan (2009)
Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil (2018)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1290939

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 May 2009
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 180, Number 14,879
r: Bollettino, 2 Mar 2024

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