Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, C.M.

Bishop of Balasore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jun 1959		Born
10 May 1986	26.9	Solemn Vows	Member of Congregation of the Mission
6 Jan 1987	27.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Mission
28 Jun 2013	54.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
28 Jun 2013	54.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Chullu
13 Aug 2013	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Chullu
10 Nov 2013	54.4	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, Ethiopia
10 May 2023	63.9	Appointed	Bishop of Balasore, India
29 Jun 2023	64.0	Installed	Bishop of Balasore, India

MicroData Summary
Varghese Thottamkara
Bishop Varghese Thottamkara C.M.
(born 2 Jun 1959)
Bishop of Balasore

Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Thottuva
Ordained Bishop Collège Leoniano, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Balasore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Antony Padiyara †
Archbishop of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M.
Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Theodorus van Ruijven (van Ruyven), C.M.
Titular Bishop of Utimma
Bishop Markos Ghebremedhin, C.M.
Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Luca Brandolini, C.M. (1987)
Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo
Ugo Cardinal Poletti † (1958)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo
Archbishop Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † (1945)
Bishop of Novara
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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:
Bishop Getahun Fanta Shikune, C.M. (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15441211

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2013
ob: CB, 13 Aug 2013
c2+: CB, 16 Aug 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,848
s: Bollettino, 10 Nov 2013
ab: Bollettino, 10 May 2023
i: AM, 1 Sep 2023

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