Thomas Bhalerao Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Most Reverend
Thomas Bhalerao
Honorific Suffix:S.J.
Bishop Emeritus of Nashik
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Bombay
Province:Bombay
Metropolis:Bombay
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik
See:Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik (emeritus)
Term Start:31 March 2007
Term End:13 February 2015
Successor:Bishop Valerian D’Souza
Other Post:Bishop of Nashik.(1987-2007)
Ordination:27 March 1965
Consecration:23 August 1987
Consecrated By:Archbishop Simon Pimenta
Rank: Bishop-Priest
Birth Name:Thomas Bhalerao
Birth Date:1 February 1933
Birth Place:Sangamner, Maharashtra.
Death Place:St. Luke’s Hospital, Sreerampur, Maharashtra, India
Buried:St. Mary’s Church, Sangamner, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Nationality: Indian
Religion:Roman Catholic
Residence:Sreerampur
Bishop Name:Thomas Bhalerao
Dipstyle:Bishop
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:The Most Reverend

Thomas Bhalerao (1 February 1933  - 13 February 2015[1]) was an Indian Jesuit priest and, from 1987, the Roman Catholic bishop of Nashik.

Ordained to the priesthood in the Society of Jesus in 1965, Bhalerao was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashik, India, in 1987. He resigned in 2007.

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  1. http://cbci.in/FullNews.aspx?Id=1499 Most Rev. Thomas Bhalerao, SJ, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Nashik passed away