Bishop James Pazhayattil †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jul 1934		Born
3 Oct 1961	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
22 Jun 1978	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
10 Sep 1978	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
15 Jan 2010	75.4	Retired	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
10 Jul 2016	81.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
James Pazhayattil
Bishop James Pazhayattil
(born 26 Jul 1934, died 10 Jul 2016)
Bishop Emeritus of Irinjalakuda

Ad Limina - April 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Puthenchira
Ordained Bishop Irinjalakuda, Eparchy of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 54.7 years
a bishop for 37.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Valerian Cardinal Gracias †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Consecrator:
Joseph Cardinal Parecattil †
Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Kundukulam †
Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Joseph Irimpen †
Bishop of Palghat (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop John "Joy" Alappat (1981)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Pauly Kannookadan (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (2004)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1680965

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 18 Jan 2010
d: CB, 11 Jul 2016
c1: CB, 13 Jul 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,307
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 102, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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