Bishop Cyprian Monis

Bishop Emeritus of Asansol, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1945		Born
21 Dec 1975	30.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Calcutta, India
26 Mar 1994	48.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Calcutta, India
26 Mar 1994	48.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Molicunza
4 Aug 1994	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Molicunza
24 Oct 1997	52.5	Appointed	Bishop of Asansol, India
4 May 2020	75.0	Retired	Bishop of Asansol, India

MicroData Summary
Cyprian Monis
Bishop Cyprian Monis
(born 11 Apr 1945)
Bishop Emeritus of Asansol

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

Event Place
Birth Place Dorna Halli, Diocese of Mysore
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, St-Xavier School, West Bengal

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Asansol.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alan Basil de Lastic †
Archbishop of Delhi
Bishop Denzil Reginald D’Souza †
Bishop of Silchar

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Elias Frank (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1148290

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 139, Number 12,356
r: Bollettino, 4 May 2020
opd: CB, 12 Aug 2024

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