Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
20 Jul 1901		Born
7 Jul 1929	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
10 Mar 1949	47.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
10 Mar 1949	47.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bladia
22 May 1949	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bladia
18 Jul 1950	48.9	Succeeded	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
17 Jul 1972	70.9	Died	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

MicroData Summary
Jerome Emilianus Pillai
Bishop Jerome Emilianus Pillai O.M.I.
(born 20 Jul 1901, died 17 Jul 1972)
Bishop of Jaffna

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Wennappuwa, Archdiocese of Colombo
Ordained Priest Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop Jaffna, Diocese of Jaffna

a priest for 43.0 years
a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Jaffna
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Nicola Laudadio, S.J. †
Bishop of Galle
Bishop Edmund Peiris, O.M.I. †
Bishop of Chilaw

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alfred-Jean Guyomard, O.M.I. † (1924)
Bishop of Jaffna
Archbishop Antoine Coudert, O.M.I. † (1898)
Archbishop of Colombo
Archbishop André-Théophile Mélizan, O.M.I. † (1880)
Archbishop of Colombo
Bishop Christophe-Ernest Bonjean, O.M.I. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Medea
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Tours
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Rajendram Antony † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † (1959)
Bishop Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † (1967)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Wennappuwa, Archdiocese of Colombo
Ordained Priest	Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Ordained Bishop	Jaffna, Diocese of Jaffna

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16073342

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1949, Number 35
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 300, Ascendance

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