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Bombay Archdiocesan Hierarchy
CARDINAL OSWALD GRACIAS
Cardinal Oswald Gracias
was born in Mahim, Mumbai, on December 24, 1944 and he did his school studies at St. Michael’s, Mahim. He completed
his seminary studies at St. Pius College, Goregaon and was ordained a priest on December 20, 1970. After a short stint as
Chancellor to the Diocese of Jamshedpur and Secretary to its bishop, he returned to Mumbai. From 1977 to 1981, he was in Rome
where he obtained the Doctorate in Canon Law and a Diploma in Jurisprudence.
He returned to Mumbai where he was first appointed Secretary to the Archbishop
of Bombay and Chancellor of the Archdiocese. In 1997, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay. He was ordained a bishop
on 16th September 1997 at St. Michael’s, Mahim taking as his motto, “To Reconcile All Things in Christ”.
Archbishop Ivan Dias was the chief consecrator. On that occasion, two Cardinals, twenty four Archbishops and Bishops from
different parts of the country and over three hundred priests concelebrated at the Eucharist. In the year 2000, he was appointed
Archbishop of Agra.
Cardinal Oswald Gracias
was secretary general of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India and currently the President of the Conference of Catholic
Bishops of India (CCBI). He is a consulter to the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts.
BISHOP BOSCO PENHA
BISHOP PERCIVEL FERANANDES
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There are other Tamil Speaking Priests from different dioceses or religious orders serving
or having served the Tamil Speaking Catholics in different parts of Bombay Archdiocese. You may kindly thank the Lord and
pray for them whever they are for God's blessings on them. Moreover, we request you to pray that their efforts whatever they
had put in for the welfare and growth of the Tamil Speaking Catholics should go on with the help of the present Priests.
Past and Present Ordinaries
- Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. † (12 May 1708 Appointed - 15 May 1726 Died)
- Pietro Ramazzini † ( 1795 Appointed - )
- John Francis (William) Whelan, O.C.D. † ( 1848 Succeeded - 1850 Resigned)
- Anastasius Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Aug 1849 Appointed - 1858 Resigned)
- Walter Herman Jacobus Steins, S.J. † (10 Oct 1860 Appointed - 11 Jan 1867 Appointed, Vicar Apostolic of Western Bengal)
- Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. † (27 Mar 1867 Appointed - 27 Sep 1887 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Port-Louis)
- George Porter, S.J. † (21 Dec 1886 Appointed - 26 Sep 1889 Died)
- Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. † (6 Dec 1891 Appointed - 1906 Died)
- Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. † (28 May 1907 Appointed - 28 Sep 1916 Died)
- Alban Goodier, S.J. † (15 Dec 1919 Appointed - 1 Oct 1926 Resigned)
- Joachim Lima, S.J. † (4 May 1928 Appointed - 21 Jul 1936 Died)
- Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (12 Aug 1937 Appointed - 4 Dec 1950 Resigned)
- Valerian Gracias † (1 Dec 1950 Appointed - 11 Sep 1978 Died)
- Simon Ignatius Pimenta (11 Sep 1978 Succeeded - 8 Nov 1996 Retired)
- Ivan Dias (8 Nov 1996 Appointed - 20 May 2006 Appointed, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples)
- Oswald Gracias (14 Oct 2006 Appointed - )
- Antonio Baistrocchi, O. Carm. † (Vicar Apostolic: 12 May 1708 to 15 May 1726)
- Theodore Dalhoff, S.J. † (Archbishop: 6 Dec 1891 to 1906)
- Angelo Innocent Fernandes † (Priest: 29 Aug 1937 to 4 Jun 1959)
- William Zephyrine Gomes † (Priest: 22 Dec 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Mar 1961 to 12 Jun 1967)
- Alban Goodier, S.J. † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1919 to 1 Oct 1926)
- Valerian Gracias † (Priest: 3 Oct 1926; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Apr 1946; Archbishop: 1 Dec 1950 to 11 Sep 1978)
- Anastasius Hartmann, O.F.M. Cap. † (Vicar Apostolic: 16 Aug 1849 to 1858)
- Hermann Jürgens (Juergens), S.J. † (Archbishop: 28 May 1907 to 28 Sep 1916)
- Joachim Lima, S.J. † (Archbishop: 4 May 1928 to 21 Jul 1936)
- Winnibald Joseph Menezes † (Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Nov 1967 to 10 Jul 1976)
- Johann Gabriel Léon Louis Meurin, S.J. † (Vicar Apostolic: 27 Mar 1867 to 27 Sep 1887)
- Longinus Gabriel Pereira † (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1955 to 13 Dec 1986)
- Ignatius Camillus William Mary Peter Persico, O.F.M. Cap. † (Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 8 Mar 1854 to 19 Dec 1856)
- George Porter, S.J. † (Archbishop: 21 Dec 1886 to 26 Sep 1889)
- Pietro Ramazzini † (Vicar Apostolic: 1795)
- Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (Archbishop: 12 Aug 1937 to 4 Dec 1950)
- Walter Herman Jacobus Steins, S.J. † (Vicar Apostolic: 10 Oct 1860 to 11 Jan 1867)
- John Francis (William) Whelan, O.C.D. † (Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: 7 Jun 1842; Vicar Apostolic: 1848 to 1850)
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For years together, God has been very kind and loving to the Tamil Speaking Catholics in Bombay Archdiocese
with the gift of a loving Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishops and the Priests, Taml Speaking. You may find all of them with photos
and with a brief biography about each of them here in this page. Kindly look at them, read their biography and pray for each
for their better healthy and effective ministry in Bombay Archdiocese.
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