Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta

Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Mar 1920		Born	Marol
21 Dec 1949	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bombay, India
5 Jun 1971	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, India
5 Jun 1971	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bocconia
29 Jun 1971	51.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bocconia
26 Feb 1977	57.0	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay, India
26 Feb 1977	57.0	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Bocconia
11 Sep 1978	58.5	Succeeded	Archbishop of Bombay, India
28 Jun 1988	68.3	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Jun 1988	68.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria “Regina Mundi” a Torre Spaccata
8 Nov 1996	76.7	Retired	Archbishop of Bombay, India

Consistory - 1988: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Non-Voting (Age)

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Bombay.

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Principal Consecrator:
Valerian Cardinal Gracias †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Longinus Gabriel Pereira †
Bishop William Zephyrine Gomes †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Simon Ignatius Cardinal Pimenta (1971)
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 †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca
Bishop Francis Leo Braganza, S.J.
Bishop Bosco Penha
Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, S.J.
Bishop Ignatius D'Cunha †
Bishop Thomas Dabre
Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.
Bishop Edwin Colaço
Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras
Bishop Godfrey de Rozario, S.J.
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Bishop Percival Joseph Fernandez
Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias

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