Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1936		Born
20 Apr 1968	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Jun 1984	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
22 Sep 1984	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
14 Apr 2000	63.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India
2 Apr 2002	65.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
23 Feb 2012	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
18 Apr 2021	84.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

MicroData Summary for Lucas Sirkar
(WikiData: Q1873109)
Archbishop Lucas Sirkar S.D.B. (born 24 Sep 1936, died 18 Apr 2021) Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Barisol
Ordained Bishop Holy Redeemer, Cathedral, Krishnagar, Diocese of Krishnagar
Death Place Krishnagar, Diocese of Krishnagar

a priest for 52.9 years
a bishop for 36.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †
Archbishop of Shillong-Gauhati
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †
Bishop of Baruipur
Bishop Eric Benjamin Moktan †
Bishop of Darjeeling

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. † (1964)
Archbishop of Shillong-Gauhati
Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop of Bombay
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. † (2002)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clement Tirkey (2006)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Barisol
Ordained Bishop	Holy Redeemer, Cathedral, Krishnagar, Diocese of Krishnagar
Death Place	Krishnagar, Diocese of Krishnagar

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 23 Feb 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 87, Number 7,316
d: CB, 18 Apr 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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