Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D. †

Deceased

Bishop of Udaipur, India

Motto: The Joy Of Hope

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Dec 1951		Born
8 Jun 1974	22.5	Professed	Member of Society of the Divine Word
7 Jun 1981	29.4	Perpetual Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
27 Oct 1982	30.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
11 May 2009	57.4	Appointed	Bishop of Jhabua, India
16 Jun 2009	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Jhabua, India
21 Dec 2012	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of Udaipur, India
21 Dec 2012	61.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua, India
10 Oct 2015	63.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Jhabua, India
4 Oct 2026	74.8	Died	Bishop of Udaipur, India

MicroData Summary
Devprasad John Ganawa
Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa S.V.D.
(born 8 Dec 1951, died 4 Oct 2026)
Bishop of Udaipur

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop
Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Panchkui, Prefecture Apostolic of Indore
Ordained Bishop Grounds Of, Episcopal Residence, Meghnagar, Diocese of Jhabua
Death Place Saint Theresa`s, Hospital, Udaipur, Diocese of Udaipur

a priest for 43.9 years
a bishop for 17.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D.
Archbishop of Bhopal
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D.
Bishop of Indore
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara †
Archbishop of Nagpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D. (1999)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara † (1977)
Archbishop of Nagpur
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop of Bhopal
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Titular Archbishop of Salamis
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. † (1918)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Peter Rumal Kharadi (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1207028

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 May 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Number 16,188
ab: Bollettino, 21 Dec 2012
d: CB, 4 Oct 2026
loc: CB, 6 Oct 2026

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