Bishop Leo Tigga, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Raiganj, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Jan 1916		Born
28 Apr 1937	21.2	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
21 Nov 1948	32.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Jun 1955	39.3	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
8 Aug 1962	46.5	Appointed	Bishop of Dumka, India
7 Oct 1962	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dumka, India
8 Jun 1978	62.3	Appointed	Bishop of Raiganj, India
29 Jan 1986	69.9	Died	Bishop of Raiganj, India

MicroData Summary
Leo Tigga
Bishop Leo Tigga S.J.
(born 31 Jan 1916, died 29 Jan 1986)
Bishop of Raiganj

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Paikpara, Archdiocese of Calcutta
Ordained Bishop San Giovanni Battista, Cathedral, La Valletta, Archdiocese of Malta
Death Place Malda

a priest for 37.1 years
a bishop for 23.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †
Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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 Francis Ekka † (1968)
Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo † (1978)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/206064
VIAF: 212611291
WikiData: Q54864263

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 168

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