Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. †

Deceased

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme

Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 May 1927		Born
12 Jun 1954	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
11 Nov 1996	69.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar), India
11 Nov 1996	69.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Achrida
6 Jan 1997	69.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Achrida
19 Apr 1997	69.8	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Antino�
23 Dec 1999	72.5	Appointed	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
23 Dec 1999	72.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
21 Feb 2001	73.7	Elevated to Cardinal
21 Feb 2001	73.7	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Bernardo alle Terme
1 Apr 2011	83.8	Died	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

MicroData Summary
Varkey Vithayathil
Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil C.Ss.R.
(born 29 May 1927, died 1 Apr 2011)
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly

Consistory - 2001: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Parur
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 14.2 years
a cardinal for 10.1 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Archbishop of Bangalore
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol J�zef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †
Titular Archbishop of Cadi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol J�zef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. J�zef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Krak�w
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Led�chowski † (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 Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. † (1997)
Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S. (1997)
Bishop Thomas Chakiath (1998)
Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy (1999)
Bishop Joseph Kunnath, C.M.I. (1999)
Bishop Matthew Vaniakizhakel, C.V. (2000)
Bishop Jacob Angadiath (2001)
Bishop Sebastian Adayanthrath (2002)
Bishop Mathew Anikuzhikattil † (2003)
Bishop Jos� Porunnedom (2004)
Bishop Anthony Chirayath (2006)
Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (2006)
Bishop Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S. (2007)
Bishop Bosco Puthur (2010)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Chennoth † (1999)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Parur
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

External Link(s):

VIAF: 170351300
WikiData: Q560990

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2 : Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Number 12,875
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 205, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 208, Necrology (back)

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