Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Sep 1910		Born	Karachi
21 Nov 1936	26.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
1 Jul 1974	63.8	Appointed	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
6 Oct 1974	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
21 May 1990	79.7	Retired	Bishop of Ahmedabad, India
15 Sep 2002	92.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India

a priest for 65.8 years
a bishop for 27.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes †
Bishop Ignatius Salvador D’Souza †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. † (1974)
Archbishop Eugene Louis D’Souza, M.S.F.S. † (1951)
Archbishop Leo Peter Kierkels, C.P. † (1931)
Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.SS.R. † (1918)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
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 †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †
Bishop Jonas Thaliath, C.M.I. †
Bishop Valerian D’Souza
Bishop Gregory Karotemprel, C.M.I.
Bishop Francis Leo Braganza, S.J. †
Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J.
Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)

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