Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1920		Born
21 Dec 1949	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
5 Jun 1971	51.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
5 Jun 1971	51.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bocconia
29 Jun 1971	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bocconia
10 Apr 1976⁸	56.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bombay, India
26 Feb 1977	56.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India
26 Feb 1977	56.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Bocconia
11 Sep 1978	58.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Bombay, India
28 Jun 1988	68.3	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	68.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata
8 Nov 1996	76.6	Retired	Archbishop of Bombay, India
19 Jul 2013	93.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

Note(s): ⁸ Did Not Take Effect

MicroData Summary for Simon Ignatius Pimenta
(VIAF: 61495449; WikiData: Q967521)
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta (born 1 Mar 1920, died 19 Jul 2013) Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)
Conclave - 2013: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Marol, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Priest St. Peter's, Church, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Bishop St. Peter's, Church, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Death Place Clergy Home, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Buried Place (Original) Saint John the Evangelist, Church, Marol, Archdiocese of Bombay

a priest for 63.5 years
a bishop for 42.0 years
a cardinal for 25.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Valerian Gracias †
Titular Bishop of Thennesus
Principal Consecrator:
Valerian Cardinal Gracias †
Archbishop of Bombay
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira †
Titular Bishop of Vada
Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes †
Bishop of Poona

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca † (1980)
Bishop Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. † (1987)
Bishop Bosco Penha (1987)
Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J. † (1987)
Bishop Ignatius D’Cunha † (1989)
Bishop Thomas Dabre (1990)
Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. (1990)
Bishop Edwin Colaço (1995)
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras (1997)
Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J. (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Percival Joseph Fernandez (2001)
Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias (2001)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Marol, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Priest	St. Peter's, Church, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Ordained Bishop	St. Peter's, Church, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Death Place	Clergy Home, Bandra, Archdiocese of Bombay
Buried Place (Original)	Saint John the Evangelist, Church, Marol, Archdiocese of Bombay

Source(s):

d: CB, 19 Jul 2013
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Deceased Cardinals (back)
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 216, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 17, Number 870

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