Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Nov 1922		Born
15 Mar 1950	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Vincentian Congregation (Syro-Malabar)
29 Jul 1968	45.6	Appointed	Apostolic Exarch of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Jan 1969	46.1	Installed	Apostolic Exarch of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Feb 1977	54.2	Appointed	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
30 Apr 1977	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Dec 1999	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Apr 2019	96.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Abraham D. Mattam
Bishop Abraham D. Mattam C.V.
(born 21 Nov 1922, died 16 Apr 2019)
Bishop Emeritus of Satna

Event Place
Birth Place Narianganam
Ordained Bishop St. Vincent, Church, Satna, Eparchy of Satna (Syro-Malabar)
Death Place Kochi

a priest for 69.0 years
a bishop for 41.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †
Archbishop of Bhopal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leobard D’Souza †
Archbishop of Nagpur
Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †
Bishop of Jabalpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. (2000)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 35543897
WikiData: Q212279

Source(s):

abt: CB, 11 Sep 2015
d: CB, 16 Apr 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 43, Number 2,862

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