Valerian Cardinal Gracias †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bombay, India

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1900		Born
3 Oct 1926	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
11 Apr 1946	45.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
11 Apr 1946	45.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thennesus
29 Jun 1946	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thennesus
4 Dec 1950	50.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bombay, India
12 Jan 1953	52.2	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	52.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via Lata
11 Sep 1978	77.8	Died	Archbishop of Bombay, India

MicroData Summary for Valerian Gracias
(VIAF: 50385077; WikiData: Q1380200)
Valerian Cardinal Gracias (born 23 Oct 1900, died 11 Sep 1978) Archbishop of Bombay

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Conclave - August 1978: Unable to Participate

Event Place
Birth Place Karachi

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 32.2 years
a cardinal for 25.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Vittore Rosario Fernandes †
Bishop of Mangalore
Bishop Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †
Bishop of Bangalore

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta † (1949)
Ivan Cornelius Cardinal Dias † (1958)
Bishop James Pazhayattil † (1961)
Oswald Cardinal Gracias (1970)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Rodrigues † (1953)
Bishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira † (1955)
Archbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. † (1956)
Bishop John Burke † (1959)
Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes † (1959)
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. † (1964)
Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza † (1966)
Bishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes † (1968)
Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza † (1970)
Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. † (1971)
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta † (1971)
Bishop Valerian D’Souza † (1977)
Bishop Dominic Joseph Abreo † (1978)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. † (1948)
Bishop Andrew Alexis D’Souza † (1949)
Bishop Leo D’Mello † (1949)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Karachi

Source(s):

ab/bomb: CB, 18 Jan 2012
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1946, Number 48
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 9, Number 410, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 11, Number 563, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 12, Number 622, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 849, Ascendance

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