Archbishop Thomas D’Souza

Archbishop of Calcutta, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1950		Born
16 Apr 1977	26.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Darjeeling, India
14 May 1994	43.7	Appointed	Administrator of Darjeeling, India
14 Jun 1997	46.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bagdogra, India
3 Nov 1997	47.1	Ceased	Administrator of Darjeeling, India
25 Jan 1998	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bagdogra, India
12 Mar 2011	60.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India
23 Feb 2012	61.4	Succeeded	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
17 Apr 2019	68.6	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Krishnagar, India
23 Jul 2022	71.9	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Krishnagar, India

MicroData Summary
Thomas D’Souza
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza
(born 26 Aug 1950)
Archbishop of Calcutta

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Adyapady
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Good Shepherd, Church, Bagdogra, Diocese of Bagdogra

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eric Benjamin Moktan †
Bishop of Darjeeling
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Bishop Stephen Lepcha
Bishop of Darjeeling

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza † (1974)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop John Gordon † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
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:
Bishop Fulgence Aloysius Tigga (2018)
Bishop Shyamal Bose (2019)
Bishop Elias Frank (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clement Tirkey (2006)
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. † (2007)
Archbishop Vincent Aind (2015)
Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2423560

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 12 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Number 13,229
s: Bollettino, 23 Feb 2012

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