Agnelo Gracias Explained

Type:Apostolic Administrator
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Apostolic Administrator of Jalandhar
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Delhi
Province:Delhi
Metropolis:Delhi
Diocese:Diocese of Jullundur
See:Molicunza
Elected:20 September 2018
Ordination:21 December 1962
Consecration:21 April 2001
Consecrated By:Ivan Dias
Rank:Bishop-Priest
Birth Name:Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Birth Date:30 July 1939
Birth Place:Mombasa, British Kenya
Nationality:Indian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Residence:Jalandhar
Parents:António Balduino Gracias, Adelia Maria Vitória Remegia Gracias
Profession:Chairman, CBCI Family Commission
Archdiocesan Consulter
Pontifical Commissary to the Heralds of Good News
Chairman, CCBI Doctrinal Commission
Rector of St Pius X College, Goregaon(1985-1993)
Titular bishop of Molicunza
Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay
Education:Mechanical Engineering
Alma Mater:Sacred Heart School, Mombasa
Bishop Name:Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Dipstyle:Bishop
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:The Most Reverend

Agnelo Rufino Gracias (born 30 July 1939, in Mombasa) is the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay. On 8 October 2018, Gracias took office as apostolic administrator sede plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Jalandhar.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Apostolic Administrator - Diocese of Jalandhar . jalandhardiocese.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114023000/http://jalandhardiocese.com/apostolic-administrator . 2018-11-14.
  2. Web site: Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias. Catholic-Hierarchy.org.