Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad

Official of the Secretariat of State

Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei

Motto: Fragrantiam Christi Caritatis Effundere

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Aug 1973		Born
24 Jul 2004	30.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
2020²	46.3	Appointed	Official of the Secretariat of State
25 Oct 2024	51.2	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei
24 Nov 2024	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Caldei
7 Dec 2024	51.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon
7 Dec 2024	51.3	Elevated to Cardinal

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary
George Jacob Koovakad
Monsignor George Jacob Koovakad
(born 11 Aug 1973)
Official of State

Consistory - 2024: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Chethipuzha, Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
Ordained Bishop St. Mary's, Church, Changanacherry, Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Please contact the Monsignor through the Secretariat of State.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Powathil †
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Raphael Thattil
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Raphael Thattil (2010)
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (2004)
Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy (1973)
Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
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

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WikiData: Q130442703

Source(s):

card: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2024
c1: CB, 6 Oct 2024
ob: CB, 24 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2024

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