Archbishop Elias Frank

Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1962		Born
23 Apr 1993	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calcutta, India
24 Oct 1997	35.1	Incardinated	Priest of Asansol, India
3 Jul 2023	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Asansol, India
24 Aug 2023	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Asansol, India
28 Jun 2025	62.8	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India

MicroData Summary
Elias Frank
Archbishop Elias Frank
(born 15 Aug 1962)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta

Event Place
Birth Place Bantwal, Diocese of Mangalore
Ordained Priest Our Lady of Happy Voyage, Church, Howrah
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Church, Nuta, Guskara

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Calcutta.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cyprian Monis
Bishop Emeritus of Asansol
Bishop Julius Marandi
Bishop of Dumka

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thomas D’Souza (1998)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza † (1974)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop John Gordon † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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 †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

VIAF: 160570984
WikiData: Q120378349

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 3 Jul 2023
ob/c2+: Website of the Diocese, 24 Jul 2023
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 257, Number 21,275
ab: Bollettino, 28 Jun 2025

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