Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J.

Bishop of Mysore, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1959		Born
30 Apr 1992	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
1 May 1999	39.7	Perpetual Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
19 Mar 2014	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Shimoga, India
7 May 2014	54.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Shimoga, India
15 Aug 2025	66.0	Appointed	Bishop of Mysore, India
7 Oct 2025	66.1	Installed	Bishop of Mysore, India

MicroData Summary
Francis Serrao
Bishop Francis Serrao S.J.
(born 15 Aug 1959)
Bishop of Mysore

Ad Limina - September 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Moodbidri, Diocese of Mangalore
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Shimoga, Diocese of Shimoga

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Mysore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
Archbishop of Bangalore
Bishop Henry D’Souza
Bishop of Bellary

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio (1999)
Titular Archbishop of Montemarano
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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 Duming Dias (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Moodbidri, Diocese of Mangalore
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Shimoga, Diocese of Shimoga

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q16064454

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2014
ob: CB, 8 Apr 2014
c2+: CB, 5 May 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,151
ab: Bollettino, 15 Aug 2025
i: CB, 22 Sep 2025

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