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Bishop James Shekhar

Bishop of Buxar, India

Events

Event	Place
Birth Place	Singamparai, Archdiocese of Madurai
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Cathedral, Buxar, Diocese of Buxar

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Buxar. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. Archbishop Emeritus of Patna Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura Archbishop of Patna Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur Archbishop of Raipur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop William D’Souza, S.J. (2006) Archbishop Emeritus of Patna Archbishop Pedro López Quintana (2003) Titular Archbishop of Acropolis 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

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