Bishop Antonisamy Francis

Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1946		Born
2 Aug 1974	28.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tanjore, India
31 May 2008	62.1	Appointed	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India
9 Jul 2008	62.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India
13 Jan 2024	77.7	Retired	Bishop of Kumbakonam, India
13 Jan 2024	77.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Kumbakonam, India
11 Feb 2024	77.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Kumbakonam, India

MicroData Summary
Antonisamy Francis
Bishop Antonisamy Francis
(born 15 Apr 1946)
Bishop Emeritus of Kumbakonam

Ad Limina - June 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Iluppur, Diocese of São Tomé of Meliapore
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kumbakonamj, Diocese of Kumbakonam

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kumbakonam.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Antony Anandarayar †
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Remigius
Bishop of Kottar
Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss †
Bishop of Tanjore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Antony Anandarayar † (1997)
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Duraisamy Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy † (1962)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri
Archbishop Ambrose Rayappan † (1953)
Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore
Archbishop Auguste-Siméon Colas, M.E.P. † (1930)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Archbishop Élie-Jean-Joseph Morel, M.E.P. † (1909)
Titular Archbishop of Cotrada
Bishop Hugues-Madelain Bottero, M.E.P. † (1899)
Bishop of Kumbakonam
Archbishop Joseph-Adolphe Gandy, M.E.P. † (1883)
Archbishop of Pondicherry
Bishop François-Jean-Marie Laouënan, M.E.P. † (1868)
Titular Bishop of Flaviopolis
Bishop Etienne-Louis Charbonnaux, M.E.P. † (1845)
Titular Bishop of Iasus
Bishop Clément Bonnand, M.E.P. † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Druzipara
Bishop Louis-Charles-Auguste Hébert, M.E.P. † (1811)
Titular Bishop of Halicarnassus
Bishop Paolo Antonio Roviglia, O.C.D. † (1808)
Titular Bishop of Sura
Bishop Antonio Ramazzini, O.C.D. † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Antiphellus
Bishop Luigi Pianazzi, O.C.D. † (1785)
Titular Bishop of Usula
Bishop Pierre Brigot, M.E.P. † (1757)
Titular Bishop of Thabraca
Bishop Juan de La Fuente Yepes † (1755)
Bishop of Nueva Segovia
Bishop Manuel de Matos, O.F.M. Disc. † (1754)
Bishop of Nueva Caceres
Archbishop Manuel José Rubio y Salinas † (1749)
Archbishop of México, Federal District
Bishop Domingo Pantaleón Álvarez de Abreu † (1738)
Bishop of Tlaxcala (Puebla de los Angeles)
Bishop Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (1731)
Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Bishop Julián Domínguez y Toledo † (1728)
Bishop of Valladolid
Bishop Silvestre García Escalona † (1702)
Bishop of Salamanca
Patriarch Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán † (1691)
Patriarch of West Indies
Luis Manuel Cardinal Fernández de Portocarrero-Bocanegra y Moscoso-Osorio † (1678)
Archbishop of Toledo
Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona † (1677)
Archbishop of Palermo
Carlo Cardinal Pio di Savoia † (1655)
Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
Giambattista Cardinal Spada † (1643)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Susanna
Marcantonio Cardinal Franciotti † (1637)
Bishop of Lucca
Antonio (Marcello) Cardinal Barberini (Sr.), O.F.M. Cap. † (1625)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Bishop Laudivio Zacchia † (1605)
Bishop of Corneto (Tarquinia) e Montefiascone
Pietro Cardinal Aldobrandini † (1604)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jeevanandam Amalanathan (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1441369

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 31 May 2008
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 195, Number 15,929
r: Bollettino, 13 Jan 2024
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 116, Page 911

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