Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa

Bishop of Chikmagalur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Feb 1951		Born
20 May 1984	33.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bangalore, India
2 Dec 2006	55.8	Appointed	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India
6 Feb 2007	55.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India

MicroData Summary
Anthony Swamy Thomasappa
Bishop Anthony Swamy Thomasappa
(born 9 Feb 1951)
Bishop of Chikmagalur

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mariannapalaya

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Chikmagalur.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
Archbishop of Bangalore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptist Sequeira †
Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur
Bishop Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly
Bishop of Mysore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (1997)
Archbishop of Bangalore
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta † (1971)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay
Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Bishop Kannikadass William Antony (2017)
Bishop Arokiaraj Satis Kumar (2024)
Bishop Joseph Susainathan (Soosainathan) (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q574042

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Dec 2006
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 188, Number 15,335

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