Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Motto: Parare Viam Domini

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Oct 1939		Born
3 May 1969	29.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ranchi, India
8 Jun 1978	38.6	Appointed	Bishop of Dumka, India
7 Oct 1978	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dumka, India
8 Nov 1984	45.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Ranchi, India
7 Aug 1985	45.8	Succeeded	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
21 Oct 2003	64.0	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Oct 2003	64.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia
24 Jun 2018	78.6	Retired	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
4 Oct 2023	83.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi, India

MicroData Summary
Telesphore Placidus Toppo
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo
(born 15 Oct 1939, died 4 Oct 2023)
Archbishop Emeritus of Ranchi

Consistory - 2003: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated
Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop
Conclave - 2013: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Chainpur, Diocese of Ranchi
Ordained Bishop Open Air, near, Cathedral, Dudhani, Diocese of Dumka
Death Place Constant Lievens, Hospital, Mandar, Archdiocese of Ranchi

a priest for 54.4 years
a bishop for 44.9 years
a cardinal for 19.9 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz von Streng †
Titular Bishop of Obbi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. †
Bishop of Raiganj
Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. †
Bishop of Jamshedpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Stephen M. Tiru † (1986)
Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J. † (1990)
Bishop Michael Minj, S.J. † (1993)
Bishop Joseph Minj † (1993)
Bishop Thomas Kozhimala † (1996)
Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J. (1997)
Bishop Julius Marandi (1997)
Bishop Gabriel Kujur, S.J. (1998)
Bishop Vincent Barwa (1998)
Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur (1998)
Bishop Paul Alois Lakra † (2006)
Archbishop John Barwa, S.V.D. (2006)
Bishop Clement Tirkey (2006)
Bishop Paul Toppo (2006)
Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil (2007)
Bishop Angelus Kujur, S.J. (2007)
Bishop Binay Kandulna (2009)
Bishop Emmanuel Kerketta (2010)
Bishop Anand Jojo (2012)
Bishop Kishore Kumar Kujur (2013)
Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (2014)
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (2014)
Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta (2014)
Archbishop Vincent Aind (2015)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Victor Kindo † (1986)
Bishop Patras Minj, S.J. (1996)
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza (1998)
Bishop Niranjan Sual Singh (2013)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chainpur, Diocese of Ranchi
Ordained Bishop	Open Air, near, Cathedral, Dudhani, Diocese of Dumka
Death Place	Constant Lievens, Hospital, Mandar, Archdiocese of Ranchi

External Link(s):

VIAF: 316531388
WikiData: Q539990

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 24 Jun 2018
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 21 Oct 2003
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 51, Number 3,566
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 58, Number 4,308
d: CB, 4 Oct 2023

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