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George Jacob Cardinal Koovakad

Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Motto: Fragrantiam Christi Caritatis Effundere

Events

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

Please contact the Cardinal through the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. 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) Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Edgar Robinson Peña Parra Titular Archbishop of Thelepte Archbishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil Archbishop of Changanacherry (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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