Thomas D'Souza

The Most Reverend Thomas D'Souza
Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta
Archbishop Emeritus Thomas D'Souza
See	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta
Appointed	23 February 2012
Installed	23 February 2012
Term ended	20 September 2025
Predecessor	Lucas Sirkar SDB
Successor	Elias Frank
Other post	Member of the Commission for Education of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
Previous post	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta
Personal details
Born	(1950-08-26) 26 August 1950 (age 75) Adyarpadav, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Residence	Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Barasat, West Bengal, India
Motto	Latin: Unitas et Amor, lit.  'Unity and Love'

Styles of Thomas D’Souza
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	not applicable

Ordination history of Thomas D'Souza
History Priestly ordination Date 16 April 1977 Episcopal consecration Consecrated by Henry Sebastian D'Souza Date 25 January 1998
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Thomas D'Souza as principal consecrator Shyamal Bose 20 June 2019

Archbishop Thomas D'Souza ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} is the Emeritus Archbishop of Calcutta ^[8] and member of the Commission for Education of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.

Early life

He was born in Adyarpadav, Mangalore, Karnataka on 26 Aug 1950. He was baptised at Holy Family Church, Omzoor.

He did his primary education from St. Ligorious Higher Primary school.

Priesthood

He was ordained a Catholic priest on 16 Apr 1977. ^[9]

Episcopate

He was appointed by Pope John Paul II as Bishop of Bagdogra on 14 June 1997 and was consecrated on 25 January 1998. He was Appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta on 12 March 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. He succeeded as Archbishop of Calcutta on 23 February 2012. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} His term ended on 20 September 2025 following his retirement.

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11. "The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta - India". www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
12. "Archbishop Thomas D'Souza | Archbishop of Calcutta Archdiocese Thomas D'Souza | Ucanews". directory.ucanews.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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