Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J.

Archbishop of Patna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1946		Born	Madanthar
3 May 1976	30.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
12 Dec 2005	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Buxar, India
25 Mar 2006	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Buxar, India
1 Oct 2007	61.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Patna, India

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Patna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pedro López Quintana
Titular Archbishop of Acropolis
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.
Archbishop of Patna
Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J.
Bishop of Muzaffarpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana (2003)
Titular Archbishop of Acropolis
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 †
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Anastasia

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Sebastian Kallupura (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Binay Kandulna (2009)
Bishop Jojo Anand (2012)

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 Dec 2005
ob: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,095
ab: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2007

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