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Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.

Archbishop Emeritus of Patna

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Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Patna. a priest for years a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator: Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J. † Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth, S.J. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J. (1980) Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962) James Robert Cardinal Knox † (1953) Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921) Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906) Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891) Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871) Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828) Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823) Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788) Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777) Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (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 John Baptist Thakur, S.J. Bishop Thomas Kozhimala † Archbishop William D'Souza, S.J. Bishop Paul Alois Lakra Bishop Kurian (Ciriaco) Valiakandathil Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.

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