Bishop Thomas Kozhimala †

Deceased

Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Dec 1939		Born
17 Oct 1970	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bhagalpur, India
14 Jun 1996	56.5	Appointed	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
7 Oct 1996	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
1 Jun 2005	65.4	Died	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

MicroData Summary for Thomas Kozhimala
(WikiData: Q2425540)
Bishop Thomas Kozhimala (born 9 Dec 1939, died 1 Jun 2005) Bishop of Bhagalpur

Event Place
Birth Place Kanjirapally
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Saint Joseph School, Bhagalpur, Diocese of Bhagalpur

a priest for 34.6 years
a bishop for 8.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. †
Bishop of Patna
Bishop Michael Minj, S.J. †
Bishop of Gumla

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 Julius Marandi (1997)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kanjirapally
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Saint Joseph School, Bhagalpur, Diocese of Bhagalpur

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,855
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Additions/Corrections (front)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
opd: CB, 28 Jul 2024

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