Archbishop Nicolas Kujur, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop of Ranchi, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Sep 1898		Born
27 Apr 1919	20.6	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
24 Aug 1930	31.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Aug 1936	37.9	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
13 Dec 1951	53.2	Appointed	Bishop of Ranchi, India
9 Mar 1952	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ranchi, India
19 Sep 1953	55.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
25 Jul 1960	61.8	Died	Archbishop of Ranchi, India

MicroData Summary
Nicolas Kujur
Archbishop Nicolas Kujur S.J.
(born 7 Sep 1898, died 25 Jul 1960)
Archbishop of Ranchi

Event Place
Birth Place Banripahar, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Ordained Priest Louvain, Belgium
Ordained Bishop Ranchi, Diocese of Ranchi
Death Place Bruxelles, Archdiocese of Mechelen, Belgium

a priest for 29.9 years
a bishop for 8.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Louis Van Hoeck, S.J. †
Bishop of Ranchi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Oscar Sevrin, S.J. †
Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur
Bishop Hermann Westermann, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Sambalpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ferdinand Périer, S.J. † (1921)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Pietro Pisani † (1919)
Titular Archbishop of Constantia in Scythia
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga † (1956)

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 93428
WikiData: Q64735171

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1952, Number 16
c1/op/loc: CB, 2 Jan 2025

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