Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Apr 1925		Born
28 Jul 1957	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Aug 1960	35.3	Solemn Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
3 Dec 1984	59.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Madurai, India
16 Jun 1985	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Madurai, India
26 Jan 1987	61.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
10 Nov 1993	68.5	Died	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

MicroData Summary
Casimir Gnanadickam
Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam S.J.
(born 25 Apr 1925, died 10 Nov 1993)
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)

Event Place
Birth Place Suranam
Ordained Bishop Square, S. Jean de Britto College, Madurai, Archdiocese of Madurai

a priest for 36.2 years
a bishop for 8.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Justin Diraviam †
Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Bishop Thomas Fernando †
Bishop of Tiruchirapalli

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Justin Diraviam † (1967)
Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 Ambrose Pitchaimuthu (1993)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q13539279

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 137
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 94, Number 8,024

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