Archbishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil

Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Feb 1972		Born
1 Jan 2000	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
14 Jan 2017	44.9	Confirmed	Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
14 Jan 2017	44.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Agrippias
23 Apr 2017	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Agrippias
30 Aug 2024	52.5	Confirmed	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
31 Oct 2024	52.7	Installed	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil
Archbishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil
(born 2 Feb 1972)
Archbishop of Changanacherry

Ad Limina - October 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Changanacherry, Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Changanacherry, Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Joseph Powathil †
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam
Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Powathil †
Archbishop Emeritus of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt
Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joseph Perumthottam (2002)
Archbishop of Changanacherry (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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
George Jacob Cardinal Koovakad (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 288249427
WikiData: Q28319109

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 14 Jan 2017
c1: CB, 14 Jan 2017
ob: CB, 29 Jan 2017
c2+: CB, 24 Mar 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Number 19,410
conf: Bollettino, 30 Aug 2024
i: CB, 30 Oct 2024

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