Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1931		Born
20 Jun 1950	18.8	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
9 Jun 1963	31.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Aug 1976	45.0	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
6 Mar 1980	48.5	Appointed	Bishop of Patna, India
21 Jun 1980	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Patna, India
16 Mar 1999	67.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Patna, India
1 Oct 2007	76.1	Retired	Archbishop of Patna, India
30 Jan 2014	82.4	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Patna, India

MicroData Summary
Benedict John Osta
Archbishop Benedict John Osta S.J.
(born 15 Aug 1931, died 30 Jan 2014)
Archbishop Emeritus of Patna

Event Place
Birth Place Blasurahi, Diocese of Patna
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Patna, Diocese of Patna
Death Place Patna, Archdiocese of Patna
Buried Place (Original) Xavier's Teachers Technical Institute, Patna, Archdiocese of Patna

a priest for 50.6 years
a bishop for 33.6 years

Principal Consecrator:
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. †
Archbishop of Calcutta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J. †
Bishop Emeritus of Patna

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
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 John Baptist Thakur, S.J. (1980)
Bishop Thomas Kozhimala † (1996)
Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (2006)
Bishop Paul Alois Lakra † (2006)
Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil (2007)
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. † (2007)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 126919684
WikiData: Q816866

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 1 Oct 2007
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 132
d: CB, 30 Jan 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 221, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 66, Number 5,178

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