Bishop Eric Benjamin †

Deceased

Bishop of Darjeeling

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1920		Born	Kurseong
24 Aug 1945	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1962	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
7 Oct 1962	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
12 May 1994	74.0	Died	Bishop of Darjeeling, India

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 31.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Gonzi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Eric Benjamin † (1962)
Archbishop Michael Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Denzil Reginald D’Souza †
Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.
Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J.

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, Issue 1962, Number 169

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