Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal

Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Aug 1966		Born
26 Dec 1991	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India
3 May 2016	49.7	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea
3 May 2016	49.7	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
25 Jul 2016	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
21 Sep 2016	50.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands
1 Jan 2021	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
2 Feb 2021	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia
15 Mar 2025	58.6	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

MicroData Summary
Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal
Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal
(born 4 Aug 1966)
Apostolic Nuncio of Chile

Event Place
Birth Place Vadavathoor
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kottayam, Archeparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

Please contact the Archbishop through the Nunciature to Chile.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B.
Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Louis Fitzgerald, M. Afr.
Titular Archbishop of Nepte
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X.
Titular Bishop of Lysinia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mathew Moolakkatt, O.S.B. (1999)
Archbishop of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Meli (2018)
Bishop Peter Houhou (2018)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Pedro Centeno Baquero, S.D.B. (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vadavathoor
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Kottayam, Archeparchy of Kottayam (Syro-Malabar), India

External Link(s):

VIAF: 215774940
WikiData: Q23991093

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 3 May 2016
ob: CB, 14 Jun 2016
c2: CB, 19 Jun 2016
ab: Bollettino, 21 Sep 2016
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 229, Number 19,066
ab: Bollettino, 1 Jan 2021
ab: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2021
ab: Bollettino, 15 Mar 2025

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