Bishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Vellore, India

Motto: Let Jesus and Mary Reign

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1905		Born
7 Jul 1934	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
4 Jul 1956	51.4	Appointed	Bishop of Vellore, India
9 Sep 1956	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Vellore, India
16 Jul 1969	64.5	Died	Bishop of Vellore, India

MicroData Summary
David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat
Bishop David Maryanayagam Swamidoss Pillat S.D.B.
(born 11 Jan 1905, died 16 Jul 1969)
Bishop of Vellore

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

Event Place
Birth Place Vallambury, Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Vellore, Diocese of Vellore
Death Place Bishop's Residence, Kumbakonam, Diocese of Kumbakonam

a priest for 35.0 years
a bishop for 12.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Louis Mathias, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stephen Ferrando, S.D.B. †
Bishop of Shillong
Bishop Rajarethinam Arokiasamy Sundaram †
Bishop of Tanjore

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. † (1964)
Archbishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † (1966)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2673989

Source(s):

c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 78
d: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 61, Page 552

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