Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Raiganj, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Jul 1939		Born
20 Jun 1957	17.9	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
13 Jul 1971	32.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
26 Jan 1987	47.5	Appointed	Bishop of Raiganj, India
17 May 1987	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Raiganj, India
30 Apr 2016	76.8	Died	Bishop of Raiganj, India

MicroData Summary
Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza
Bishop Alphonsus Flavian D’Souza S.J.
(born 4 Jul 1939, died 30 Apr 2016)
Bishop of Raiganj

Ad Limina - May 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mangalore

a priest for 44.7 years
a bishop for 28.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. †
Bishop of Baruipur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Eric Benjamin Moktan †
Bishop of Darjeeling
Bishop Alan Basil de Lastic †
Bishop of Lucknow

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. † (1977)
Bishop of Baruipur
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy, S.J. † (1962)
Archbishop of Calcutta
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Titular Archbishop of Melitene
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Albert D’Souza (1993)
Bishop Stephen Lepcha (1997)
Bishop Salvadore Lobo (1998)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 43948380
WikiData: Q1288792

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,710
d: CB, 30 Apr 2016
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 230, Necrology (back)

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