Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Aug 1934		Born
24 Mar 1969	34.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
23 Oct 1989	55.1	Appointed	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
9 Feb 1990	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
1 Apr 1995	60.6	Appointed	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
8 Sep 2012	78.0	Retired	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
11 Jan 2019	84.3	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag, India

MicroData Summary for Charles Soreng
(WikiData: Q1066093)
Bishop Charles Soreng S.J. (born 18 Aug 1934, died 11 Jan 2019) Bishop Emeritus of Hazaribag

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Chirratoli
Ordained Bishop Mahuadang
Death Place Ranchi, Archdiocese of Ranchi

a priest for 49.7 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop George Victor Saupin, S.J. †
Bishop of Bhagalpur
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 Joseph Minj † (1993)
Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J. (1997)
Bishop Gabriel Kujur, S.J. (1998)
Bishop Paul Alois Lakra † (2006)
Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil (2007)
Bishop Anand Jojo (2012)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Chirratoli
Ordained Bishop	Mahuadang
Death Place	Ranchi, Archdiocese of Ranchi

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Number 11,280
r: Bollettino, 8 Sep 2012
d: CB, 11 Jan 2019
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 242, Necrology (back)

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