Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.

Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
24 Sep 1936		Born	Barisol
20 Apr 1968	31.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
22 Jun 1984	47.7	Appointed	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
22 Sep 1984	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
14 Apr 2000	63.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India
2 Apr 2002	65.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
23 Feb 2012	75.4	Retired	Archbishop of Calcutta, India

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J.
Bishop Eric Benjamin †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. (1984)
Archbishop Hubert D’Rosario, S.D.B. † (1964)
Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Clement Tirkey

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 23 Feb 2012

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