Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Titular Bishop of Zucchabar

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 Apr 1939		Born
19 Dec 1964	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross
19 Dec 1978	39.6	Appointed	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
4 Apr 1979	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
23 Feb 1996	56.8	Resigned	Bishop of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
23 Feb 1996	56.8	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
23 Feb 1996	56.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Zucchabar
28 Apr 2014	75.0	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh

MicroData Summary
Theotonius Gomes
Bishop Theotonius Gomes C.S.C.
(born 9 Apr 1939)
Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Madbortek, Diocese of Dacca
Ordained Bishop St. Francis Xavier, Cathedral, Dinajpur, Diocese of Dinajpur

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Dhaka.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Michael Rozario †
Archbishop of Dacca
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †
Bishop of Baruipur
Bishop Michael Atul D’Rozario, C.S.C. †
Bishop of Khulna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Michael Rozario † (1968)
Archbishop of Dacca
Archbishop Costante Maltoni † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Thugga
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. (1989)
Principal Consecrator of:
Patrick Cardinal D’Rozario, C.S.C. (1990)
Bishop Gervas Rozario (2007)
Bishop Nirmol Vincent Gomes, S.D.B. (2022)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Anthony Gomes † (1987)
Archbishop Moses Montu Costa, C.S.C. † (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2419384

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 28 Apr 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 54, Number 3,899

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