Alphonsus Mathias

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Alphonsus Mathias
Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore
Archdiocese Bangalore
Orders
Ordination24 August 1954
Consecration5 Feb 1964
by  James Knox
Personal details
Born (1928-06-22) 22 June 1928 (age 95)
Nationality Indian
DenominationRoman Catholic
ResidenceBangalore India
ParentsDiego Mathias and Philomena D’Souza

Alphonsus Mathias (born on June 22, 1928, in Pangala, India) is a retired Roman Catholic archbishop of the archdiocese of Bangalore.

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Biography

He was ordained a priest on 24 August 1954 and was appointed as the bishop of the Diocese of Chikmagalur on 16 November 1963. [1] The Apostolic Internuncio in India James Knox consecrated him on 5 February of the next year to the bishop ; co-consecrators were Albert Vincent D'Souza, Archbishop of Calcutta, and Raymond D'Mello, Bishop of Allahabad.

Mathias attended the Second Vatican Council. On 12 September 1986, he was appointed Archbishop of Bangalore, a role in which he served until he resigned on 24 March 1998. [2] [3] He was the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India from 1989 to 1994. [4]

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References

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