Type: | archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Victor Henry Thakur | |
Archbishop of Raipur | |
Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur |
See: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur |
Appointed: | 3 July 2013 |
Term Start: | 19 September 2013 |
Predecessor: | Joseph Augustine Charanakunnel |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Other Post: | Chairman of the Education Commission of the Bihar Regional Council of Bishops |
Ordination: | 3 May 1984 |
Consecration: | 11 November 1998 |
Consecrated By: | Cardinal Telesphore Toppo |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Chakhni, Bihar, India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Residence: | Archbishop's House,Khristbandhu Niwas, Byron Bazar, Raipur 492 001 Chhattisgarh |
Previous Post: | Chancellor of the Diocese of Raipur |
Victor Henry Thakur | |
Dipstyle: | The Most Reverend |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | Monsignor |
Deathstyle: | not applicable |
Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur,[1] [2] [3] born 1 July 1954 at Chakhni, Bihar is the serving archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Raipur.
He was ordained as a catholic priest on 3 May 1984.
He was appointed as Bishop of Bettiah on 27 June 1998 and ordained on 11 November 1998. He was appointed Archbishop of Raipur on 3 July 2013 and installed on 19 September 2013. He has served as Chancellor of the Diocese of Raipur and, as of 2017, is chairman of the education commission of the Bihar Regional Council of Bishops.[4] [5]
List of Catholic bishops of India