Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel (23 September 1928 – 18 November 2016) was a

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bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1959, Thannickunnel served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jabalpur,

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from 1975 to 2001.Diocese of Jabapur
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1928 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India People from Jabalpur {{India-RC-bishop-stub