Bishop James Mendonça †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1892		Born
8 Dec 1927	35.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mangalore, India
7 Mar 1938	46.1	Appointed	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India
25 Jul 1938	46.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India
23 Nov 1970	78.8	Retired	Bishop of Tiruchirapalli, India
14 Apr 1978	86.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

MicroData Summary
James Mendonça
Bishop James Mendonça
(born 2 Jan 1892, died 14 Apr 1978)
Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli

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 Muchur, Diocese of Mangalore
Ordained Bishop Trichinopoly, Diocese of Trichinopoly

a priest for 50.3 years
a bishop for 39.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. †
Bishop of Madura
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †
Bishop of Tuticorin
Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes †
Bishop of Mangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † (1936)
Bishop of Madura
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Fernando † (1950)
Bishop Basil Salvador Theodore Peres † (1952)
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram † (1953)
Bishop Pablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. † (1953)
Bishop Francis Arthur Carvalho † (1953)
Archbishop Albert Vincent D’Souza † (1959)
Archbishop Justin Diraviam † (1967)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1973219

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1938, Number 56
bpd/opd: CB, 24 Nov 2025

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