Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Poona

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Aug 1916		Born	Karachi
22 Dec 1941	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
18 Mar 1961	44.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
18 Mar 1961	44.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Parlais
21 May 1961	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Parlais
12 Jun 1967	50.8	Appointed	Bishop of Poona, India
1 Dec 1976	60.3	Resigned	Bishop of Poona, India
5 Mar 2004	87.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Poona, India

a priest for 62.2 years
a bishop for 42.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Fulton John Sheen †
Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes † (1961)
Pope Bl. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli † (1925)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci Porcelli † (1895)
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
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 Ignatius Salvador D'Souza †
Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo
Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta
Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J. †

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