Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel, C.S.T.

Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Nov 1970		Born
17 May 1990	19.5	Professed	Member of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
12 May 1996	25.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
30 Dec 1998	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”
26 Aug 2023	52.7	Confirmed	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
5 Nov 2023	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Mathew Nellikunnel
Bishop Mathew Nellikunnel C.S.T.
(born 13 Nov 1970)
Bishop of Gorakhpur

Event Place
Birth Place Mariapuram, Eparchy of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph's School, Gorakhpur, Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop George Punnakottil
Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Consecrator:
George Cardinal Alencherry
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Raphy Manjaly
Archbishop of Agra
Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.
Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

George Cardinal Alencherry (1997)
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
Archbishop Joseph Powathil † (1972)
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
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: Q121861941

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Aug 2023
c1: CB, 26 Aug 2023
c2+: CB, 13 Oct 2023

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