Bishop Stephen M. Tiru †

Deceased

Bishop of Khunti, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1937		Born
4 May 1969	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest
18 Apr 1986	48.3	Appointed	Bishop of Dumka, India
7 Oct 1986	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dumka, India
1 Apr 1995	57.3	Appointed	Bishop of Khunti, India
3 Mar 2012	74.2	Died	Bishop of Khunti, India

MicroData Summary
Stephen M. Tiru
Bishop Stephen M. Tiru
(born 1 Dec 1937, died 3 Mar 2012)
Bishop of Khunti

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sardikal
Ordained Bishop St. Paul, Cathedral, Dumka, Diocese of Dumka

a priest for 42.8 years
a bishop for 25.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †
Bishop of Jamshedpur
Bishop Paschal Topno, S.J. †
Bishop of Ambikapur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo † (1978)
Archbishop of Ranchi
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † (1961)
Archbishop of Ranchi
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Binay Kandulna (2009)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2344928

Source(s):

d: CB, 5 Mar 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,667

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