Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal

Archbishop of Calicut, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Feb 1953		Born
2 Apr 1981	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calicut, India
5 Nov 1998	45.7	Appointed	Bishop of Kannur, India
7 Feb 1999	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kannur, India
15 May 2012	59.2	Appointed	Bishop of Calicut, India
15 May 2012	59.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kannur, India
23 Mar 2014	61.1	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Kannur, India
12 Apr 2025	72.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Calicut, India

MicroData Summary
Varghese Chakkalakal
Archbishop Varghese Chakkalakal
(born 7 Feb 1953)
Archbishop of Calicut

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Malapallipuram
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Near, Cathedral, Kannur, Diocese of Kannur

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Calicut.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. †
Archbishop of Verapoly
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Kallarakal
Bishop of Kottapuram
Bishop Maxwell Valentine Noronha †
Bishop of Calicut

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. † (1996)
Archbishop of Verapoly
Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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:
Archbishop Joseph (Joy) Kalathiparambil (2002)
Bishop Alex Joseph Vadakumthala (2014)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1493239

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 154, Number 13,472
ab: Bollettino, 15 May 2012
ab: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2025

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