Bishop Thomas Paulsamy

Bishop Emeritus of Dindigul, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Aug 1951		Born
25 May 1977	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tiruchirapalli, India
11 Apr 2016	64.6	Appointed	Bishop of Dindigul, India
22 May 2016	64.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dindigul, India
3 Aug 2026	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Dindigul, India

MicroData Summary
Thomas Paulsamy
Bishop Thomas Paulsamy
(born 2 Aug 1951)
Bishop Emeritus of Dindigul

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place N. Poolampatty, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Priest St. Joseph's, Church, Dindigul, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary's Higher Secondary School, Campus, Dindigul, Diocese of Dindigul

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Dindigul.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Thomas Fernando †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Antony Pappusamy
Archbishop of Madurai
Bishop Antony Devotta †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio (1999)
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	N. Poolampatty, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Priest	St. Joseph's, Church, Dindigul, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli
Ordained Bishop	Saint Mary's Higher Secondary School, Campus, Dindigul, Diocese of Dindigul

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q23874458

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Apr 2016
ob: CB, 4 May 2016
c2+: CB, 18 May 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 228, Number 18,920
r: Bollettino, 3 Aug 2026

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