Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.

Archbishop Emeritus of Patna

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1931		Born	Blasurahi
9 Jun 1963	31.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Mar 1980	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Patna, India
21 Jun 1980	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Patna, India
16 Mar 1999	67.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Patna, India
1 Oct 2007	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Patna, India

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Patna.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (1980)
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953)
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J.
Bishop Thomas Kozhimala †
Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J.
Bishop Paul Alois Lakra
Bishop Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2007
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132

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