Oswald Cardinal Gracias

Archbishop of Bombay, India

Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a “Corviale”

Member of the Council of Cardinals

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Dec 1944		Born
20 Dec 1970	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
28 Jun 1997	52.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
28 Jun 1997	52.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bladia
16 Sep 1997	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bladia
7 Sep 2000	55.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Agra, India
14 Oct 2006	61.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Bombay, India
14 Dec 2006	61.9	Installed	Archbishop of Bombay, India
24 Nov 2007	62.9	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Nov 2007	62.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a “Corviale”
10 May 2008	63.3	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a “Corviale”
13 Apr 2013	68.3	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals
7 Mar 2023	78.2	Appointed	Member of the Council of Cardinals

MicroData Summary
Oswald Gracias
Oswald Cardinal Gracias
(born 24 Dec 1944)
Archbishop of Bombay

Event Place
Birth Place Bombay, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Priest Bombay, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Bishop Saint Michael, Church, Mahim, Archdiocese of Bombay

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Bombay.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Valerian Cardinal Gracias †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Ivan Cornelius Dias †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca †
Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania
Bishop Bosco Penha
Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Ivan Cornelius Dias † (1982)
Archbishop of Bombay
Agostino Cardinal Casaroli † (1967)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 Consecrator of:
Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado (2008)
Bishop Henry D’Souza (2008)
Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves (2012)
Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy (2013)
Bishop Dominic Savio Fernandes (2013)
Archbishop John Rodrigues (2013)
Bishop Barthol Barretto (2017)
Bishop Allwyn D’Silva (2017)
Bishop Joseph Thykkattil (2019)
Bishop Sebastião Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (2023)
Bishop Joseph Kallarackal (2023)
Bishop Louis Mascarenhas (2023)
Bishop Malcolm Sequeira (2024)
Bishop Bhaskar Jesuraj (2024)
Bishop Bernard Lancy Pinto (2024)
Father Thomas Francis D’Souza (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (2001)
Bishop Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. (2006)
Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak (2007)
Archbishop Raphy Manjaly (2007)
Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (2014)
Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (2014)
Bishop Eugene Joseph (2015)
Bishop Ambrose Rebello (2015)
Bishop Dennis Kuruppassery (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 31174920
WikiData: Q469933

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 14 Oct 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 150, Number 13,142
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,216
ab: Bollettino, 13 Apr 2013
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 232, Deceased Cardinals (back)
b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church
ab: Bollettino, 7 Mar 2023

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