Major Archdiocese of Ernakulam – Angamaly, India (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Major Archbishops of Ernakulam – Angamaly (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Cardinal Mar Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (82)
(1999.12.18 – ...)

Born:	1927.05.29 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1954.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.01.06
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1996 – ...)

Titular Archbishop of Achrida (1996.11.11 – 1997.04.19)

Titular Archbishop of Antinoë (1997.04.19 – 1999.12.18)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Ernakulam – Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1997.04.19 – 1999.12.18)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam – Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1999.12.18 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.) (2008.02.19 – ...)

Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (82) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1997.04.19 – 1999.12.18)

Cardinal Antony Padiyara
(1992.12.16 – 1999.12.18)

Servire et lætitia

Born:	1921.02.11 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.10.16
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2000.03.23 († 79)

Bishop of Ootacamund (India) (1955.07.03 – 1970.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1970.06.14 – 1985.04.23)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1985 – 1993)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1988.06.28 – 2000.03.23)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam – Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1992.12.16 – 1999.12.18)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1995 – 1996)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Cardinal Antony Padiyara
(1985.04.23 – 1992.12.16)

(see above)

Bishop Sebastian Mankuzhikary
(Apostolic Administrator 1984 – 1985.04.23)

Cardinal Joseph Parecattil
(1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30)

Da quod jubes

Born:	1912.04.01 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1939.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	1987.02.20 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Arethusa of the Syrians (1953.10.28 – 1956.07.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1953.10.28 – 1956.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1956.07.20 – 1984.01.30)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church (1969 – 1985)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde (1969.04.30 – 1987.02.20)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.) (1972 – 1976)

President of Pontifical Commission for the Revision of Code of Oriental Canon Law (1972 – 1987)

Archbishop Augustine Kandathil
(1923.12.21 – 1956.01.11)

Born:	1874.08.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.12.03
Died:	1956.01.11 († 81)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1911.08.29 – 1919.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Arad (1911.08.29 – 1923.12.21)

Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1919.12.09 – 1923.12.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1923.12.21 – 1956.01.11)

Vicars Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar Rite)

Bishop Augustine Kandathil (later Archbishop)
(1919.12.09 – 1923.12.21)

(see above)

Bishop Aloysius Pareparambil
(1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

Born:	1847.03.25 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1870.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:	1919.12.09 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tymandus (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam of the Syro-Malabars (India) (1896.08.11 – 1919.12.09)

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