Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Sep 1921		Born
5 Dec 1953	32.2	Ordained Priest	Priest
11 Mar 1971	49.5	Appointed	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
11 Sep 1971	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
10 Nov 1999	78.1	Retired	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India
21 Jun 2012	90.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh, India

MicroData Summary
Gilbert Blaize Rego
Bishop Gilbert Blaize Rego
(born 3 Sep 1921, died 21 Jun 2012)
Bishop Emeritus of Simla and Chandigarh

Event Place
Birth Place Mumbai
Ordained Bishop Chandigarh, Diocese of Error [smil]

a priest for 58.5 years
a bishop for 40.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes †
Archbishop of Delhi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Ignatius P. Lobo †
Bishop of Belgaum
Bishop Alfred Fernández †
Bishop of Allahabad

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes † (1959)
Archbishop of Delhi
Valerian Cardinal Gracias † (1946)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. † (1937)
Archbishop of Bombay
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
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:
Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca † (1980)
Bishop Gerald John Mathias (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1523930

Source(s):

d: CB, 23 Jun 2012
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 212, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 16, Number 849

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