Valerian Cardinal Gracias †

Deceased

Archbishop of Bombay

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Oct 1900		Born	Karachi
3 Oct 1926	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
11 Apr 1946	45.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
11 Apr 1946	45.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thennesus
29 Jun 1946	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thennesus
1 Dec 1950	50.1	Appointed	Archbishop of Bombay, India
12 Jan 1953	52.2	Elevated to Cardinal
12 Jan 1953	52.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via Lata
11 Sep 1978	77.9	Died	Archbishop of Bombay, India

Consistory - 1953: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1958: Participated
Conclave - 1963: Participated
Conclave - August 1978: Unable to Participate

a priest for 51.9 years
a bishop for 32.2 years
a cardinal for 25.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop Richard Downey † (1928)
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Henry Edward Cardinal Manning † (1865)
Archbishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Ordained Priest:
Ivan Cardinal Dias
Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Michael Rodrigues †
Archbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap. †
Archbishop Hubert D'Rosario, S.D.B. †
Bishop Ignatius Salvador D'Souza †
Bishop Winnibald Joseph Menezes †
Bishop Patrick Paul D'Souza
Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta
Bishop Valerian D'Souza
Bishop Dominic Joseph Abreo †

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