Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1911		Born
24 Aug 1945	34.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Oct 1955	44.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Jan 1956	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
18 Feb 1989	77.5	Retired	Bishop of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
4 Apr 2006	94.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Sebastian Valloppilly
Bishop Sebastian Valloppilly
(born 4 Aug 1911, died 4 Apr 2006)
Bishop Emeritus of Tellicherry

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 Kudakkachira, Vicariate Apostolic of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar)
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Thalassery, Archeparchy of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar)

a priest for 60.6 years
a bishop for 50.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant †
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium
Archbishop Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop George Valiamattam (1963)
Archbishop George Njaralakatt (1971)
Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy † (1973)
Bishop Joseph Pallikaparampil (1973)
Bishop Joseph Irimpen † (1974)
Archbishop George Valiamattam (1989)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 53795222
WikiData: Q6754426

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1956, Number 4
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)
opd: CB, 5 Nov 2017

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