Archbishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T.

Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Oct 1952		Born
9 Apr 1979	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Society of Saint Thomas the Apostle (Syro-Malabar)
4 Apr 1998	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Sep 1998	45.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
28 Aug 2025	72.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India
3 Oct 2025	72.9	Installed	Archbishop of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Sebastian Vadakel
Archbishop Sebastian Vadakel M.S.T.
(born 7 Oct 1952)
Archbishop of Ujjain

Ad Limina - April 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - October 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Vilakumadam
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Ujjain, Eparchy of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar)

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archeparchy of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar).

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Perumattam, M.S.T. †
Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil
Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar)
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy †
Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Perumattam, M.S.T. † (1977)
Bishop Emeritus of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar)
Bishop Sebastian Emmanuel Vayalil † (1950)
Bishop of Palai (Syro-Malabar)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
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 Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel (2025)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 8058151248010344270000
WikiData: Q1754122

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 152, Number 13,378
ab: Bollettino, 28 Aug 2025
i: CB, 3 Oct 2025

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