Bishop Eric Benjamin †

Deceased

Bishop of Darjeeling, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 May 1920		Born
24 Aug 1945	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Aug 1962	42.2	Appointed	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
7 Oct 1962	42.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Darjeeling, India
12 May 1994	73.9	Died	Bishop of Darjeeling, India

MicroData Summary for Eric Benjamin
Bishop Eric Benjamin (born 13 May 1920, died 12 May 1994) Bishop of Darjeeling

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Kurseong

a priest for 48.7 years
a bishop for 31.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi †
Archbishop of Malta
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. †
Archbishop of Ranchi
Bishop Stanislaus Tigga †
Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mikiel Gonzi † (1924)
Archbishop of Malta
Bishop Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † (1915)
Bishop of Malta
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. † (1968)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Denzil Reginald D’Souza † (1969)
Archbishop Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. † (1984)
Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J. † (1987)

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1962, Number 169

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