Archbishop Joseph Chennoth †

Deceased

Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

Titular Archbishop of Milevum

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Oct 1943		Born
4 May 1969	25.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
24 Aug 1999	55.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Milevum
24 Aug 1999	55.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Central African Republic
24 Aug 1999	55.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chad
30 Oct 1999	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Milevum
15 Jun 2005	61.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
15 Aug 2011	67.8	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan
8 Sep 2020	76.9	Died	Apostolic Nuncio to Japan

MicroData Summary for Joseph Chennoth
(WikiData: Q553591)
Archbishop Joseph Chennoth (born 13 Oct 1943, died 8 Sep 2020) Apostolic Nuncio of Japan

Event Place
Birth Place Kockamangalam, Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Seibo Catholic, Hospital, Tōkyō, Archdiocese of Tōkyō

a priest for 51.3 years
a bishop for 20.8 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Paul Ch’eng Shih-kuang †
Bishop of Tainan
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. †
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Archbishop Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran †
Titular Archbishop of Thelepte

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kockamangalam, Archeparchy of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Seibo Catholic, Hospital, Tōkyō, Archdiocese of Tōkyō

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 15 Aug 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 157, Number 13,643
c4: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 158, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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