Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Apr 1931		Born
22 Mar 1958	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
6 Dec 1971	40.6	Appointed	Bishop of Jullundur, India
18 Mar 1972	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jullundur, India
24 Feb 2007	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Jullundur, India
3 May 2015	84.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India

MicroData Summary
Symphorian Thomas Keeprath
Bishop Symphorian Thomas Keeprath O.F.M. Cap.
(born 22 Apr 1931, died 3 May 2015)
Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur

Event Place
Birth Place Koodalloor
Ordained Bishop St. Francis, Church, Amritsar

a priest for 57.1 years
a bishop for 43.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Gordon †
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop of Agra
Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes †
Archbishop of Delhi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Gordon † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel (1991)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (1995)
Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery, O.F.M. Cap. † (1998)
Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (2001)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2374806

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 24 Feb 2007
d: CB, 3 May 2015
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 24, Number 1,346

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