Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Feb 1932		Born
4 Oct 1960	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
19 Jun 1984	52.3	Appointed	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
4 Oct 1984	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
15 Jul 2006	74.3	Retired	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
25 Jan 2026	93.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Dominic Kokkat
Bishop Dominic Kokkat C.S.T.
(born 23 Feb 1932, died 25 Jan 2026)
Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur

Event Place
Birth Place Vaikom
Ordained Bishop St. Mary, Cathedral, Ernakulam, Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Death Place Fatima, Hospital, Gorakhpur, Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 65.3 years
a bishop for 41.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil †
Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antony Padiyara †
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza †
Bishop of Varanasi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Joseph Cardinal Parecattil † (1953)
Archbishop Emeritus 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 Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (2006)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1237604

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Jul 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 93, Number 7,901
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: CB, 25 Jan 2026

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