Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1916		Born
22 Dec 1941	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
18 Mar 1961	44.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
18 Mar 1961	44.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Parlais
21 May 1961	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Parlais
12 Jun 1967	50.7	Appointed	Bishop of Poona, India
1 Dec 1976	60.2	Resigned	Bishop of Poona, India
5 Mar 2004	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

MicroData Summary for William Zephyrine Gomes
(WikiData: Q11902444)
Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes (born 26 Aug 1916, died 5 Mar 2004) Bishop Emeritus of Poona

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 Karachi
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Scottsdale, AZ, USA

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 42.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope John XXIII
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Fulton John Sheen †
Titular Bishop of Caesariana
Bishop Edoardo Mason, F.S.C.J. †
Titular Bishop of Rusicade

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Isidore Fernandes † (1972)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza † (1966)
Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo † (1968)
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta † (1971)
Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. † (1974)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Karachi
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 177, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1961, Number 66

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