Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I.

Bishop Emeritus of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Sep 1939		Born
16 May 1961	21.7	Professed	Member of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
24 Apr 1972	32.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate
23 Jun 1999	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Oct 1999	60.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India
6 Aug 2015	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Joseph Kunnath
Bishop Joseph Kunnath C.M.I.
(born 2 Sep 1939)
Bishop Emeritus of Adilabad

Ad Limina - April 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kodancherry, Archdiocese of Calicut
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Carmel High School, Mandammari

Please contact the Bishop through the Eparchy of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara †
Archbishop of Nagpur
Bishop Vijay Anand Nedumpuram, C.M.I.
Bishop of Chanda (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. † (1997)
Titular Archbishop of Antinoë
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 Antony Prince Panengaden (2015)
Bishop Joseph Lukose Thachaparambath, C.M.I. (2025)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kodancherry, Archdiocese of Calicut
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Carmel High School, Mandammari

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1707439

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 157, Number 13,636
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 6 Aug 2015
bd/prof: CB, 9 Jul 2024

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