Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Jun 1932		Born
31 Jul 1965	33.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
28 Oct 1985	53.3	Appointed	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
18 Jan 1986	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ambikapur, India
20 May 1994	61.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
15 Jun 2007	75.0	Retired	Archbishop of Bhopal, India
6 Apr 2025	92.8	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal, India

MicroData Summary
Paschal Topno
Archbishop Paschal Topno S.J.
(born 15 Jun 1932, died 6 Apr 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bhopal

Event Place
Birth Place Torpa, Diocese of Ranchi
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Mother of God, Cathedral, Ambikapur, Diocese of Ambikapur
Death Place Holy Cross, Hospital, Ambikapur, Diocese of Ambikapur

a priest for 59.6 years
a bishop for 39.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †
Archbishop of Bhopal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Philip Ekka, S.J. †
Bishop of Raipur
Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. †
Bishop of Daltonganj

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (1996)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stephen M. Tiru † (1986)
Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J. † (1990)
Bishop Michael Minj, S.J. † (1993)
Bishop Gerald Almeida (1997)
Bishop Gabriel Kujur, S.J. (1998)
Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. (1999)
Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D. (2002)
Bishop Paul Toppo (2006)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q650898

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 98, Number 8,435
d: CB, 6 Apr 2025

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