Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

Titular Bishop of Amadassa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Apr 1879		Born
5 Feb 1898	18.8	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
2 Oct 1910	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
2 Feb 1912	32.8	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Jun 1923	44.1	Appointed	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
23 Sep 1923	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
26 Jun 1953	74.1	Resigned	Bishop of Tuticorin, India
26 Jul 1953	74.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Amadassa
17 Dec 1955	76.6	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin, India

MicroData Summary
Francis Tiburtius Roche
Bishop Francis Tiburtius Roche S.J.
(born 14 Apr 1879, died 17 Dec 1955)
Bishop Emeritus of Tuticorin

Event Place
Birth Place Tuticorin, Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast
Ordained Bishop Tuticorin, Diocese of Tuticorin
Death Place Dindigul, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

a priest for 45.2 years
a bishop for 32.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. †
Bishop of Trichinopoly
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Alberic Ludwig Benziger, O.C.D. †
Bishop of Quilon
Bishop Auguste-Marie-Augustin Chapuis, M.E.P. †
Bishop of Kumbakonam

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Ange-Auguste Faisandier, S.J. † (1909)
Bishop of Trichinopoly
Archbishop Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. † (1907)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Brice Meuleman, S.J. † (1902)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Bishop Godefroid Pelckmans, O.F.M. Cap. † (1893)
Bishop of Lahore
Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap. † (1891)
Archbishop of Agra
Archbishop Andrea Aiuti † (1887)
Titular Archbishop of Achrida
Archbishop George Porter, S.J. † (1887)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Antonio Agliardi † (1884)
Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Matthew Pothanamuzhi † (1932)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Thomas Fernando † (1950)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Valerian Joseph de Souza † (1928)
Archbishop Jean Pierre Leonard, S.J. † (1936)
Bishop James Mendonça † (1938)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Tuticorin, Vicariate Apostolic of Madurai and Coromandel Coast
Ordained Bishop	Tuticorin, Diocese of Tuticorin
Death Place	Dindigul, Diocese of Tiruchirapalli

External Link(s):

Jesuit Online Necrology: 88748
WikiData: Q1441756

Source(s):

c2: Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, Year 1939
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1923, Number 54
obp: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Additions/Corrections (front)

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