Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Jun 1905		Born
24 Feb 1941	35.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
4 Feb 1953	47.6	Appointed	Bishop of Tanjore, India
19 Mar 1953	47.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tanjore, India
12 Sep 1986	81.2	Retired	Bishop of Tanjore, India
28 Aug 1998	93.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

MicroData Summary
Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram
(born 10 Jun 1905, died 28 Aug 1998)
Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Megathur, Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore
Ordained Bishop Stadium, Madras, Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

a priest for 57.5 years
a bishop for 45.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Bishop of Bangalore
Bishop James Mendonça †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. † (1934)
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss † (1974)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † (1977)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Paul Arulswamy † (1955)
Bishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B. † (1956)
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy † (1962)
Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † (1966)
Bishop Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather † (1981)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1967326

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1953, Number 12

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