Bishop Thomas Tharayil †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 May 1899		Born
18 Dec 1926	27.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Jun 1945	46.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
9 Jun 1945	46.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Azotus
7 Oct 1945	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Azotus
8 Jan 1951	51.6	Succeeded	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
5 May 1974	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
26 Jul 1975	76.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Thomas Tharayil
Bishop Thomas Tharayil
(born 5 May 1899, died 26 Jul 1975)
Bishop Emeritus of Kottayam

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

Event Place
Birth Place Kaipuzha

a priest for 48.6 years
a bishop for 29.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil †
Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juan Vicente Araña y Idígoras, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Vijayapuram
Bishop George Alapatt †
Bishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Alexander Chulaparambil † (1914)
Bishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Archbishop Wladyslaw Michal Zaleski † (1892)
Titular Archbishop of Thebae
Archbishop Paul François Marie Goethals, S.J. † (1878)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Matthew Kavukattu † (1950)
Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil † (1950)
Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. † (1953)
Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † (1954)
Archbishop Kuriakose Kunnacherry † (1968)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7794416

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1945, Number 55

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