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]