Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Joseph Suren Gomes, SDB | |
Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Metropolis: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta |
Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar |
Term Start: | 17 April 2002 |
Term End: | 17 April 2019 |
Predecessor: | Lucas Sirkar, SDB |
Successor: | Nirmol Vincent Gomes, SDB |
Ordination: | 21 December 1974 |
Consecration: | 31 May 2002 |
Consecrated By: | Lucas Sirkar, SDB |
Birth Name: | Joseph Suren Gomes |
Birth Date: | 14 February 1944 |
Birth Place: | Hasnabad, Bengal Province, British India |
Death Place: | Ranaghat, West Bengal, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Motto: | In Deo confide |
Joseph Suren Gomes | |
Dipstyle: |
Joseph Suren Gomes, SDB (14 February 1944 – 18 May 2024) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Krishnagar from 2002 to 2019 when he retired.[1] [2] Gomes died from heart failure in Ranaghat, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 80.[3] [4]