Bishops of Goan Origin
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| 1. | Most Rev. Valerian de Souza, Bishop of Poona (from Sangolda) | |
| Born: | October 3, 1933 | |
| Priest: | June 29,1961 | |
| Bishop: | September 25,1977 | |
| 2. | Most Rev. Blasco Francisco Collaço, Apostolic Nuncio in South Africa (from Raia) | |
| Born: | May 16,1931 | |
| Priest: | May 2, 1954 | |
| Bishop: | November 5,1977 | |
| 3. | Most Rev. Anthony Lobo, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan (from Aldona) | |
| Born: | July 4, 1937 | |
| Priest: | January 8, 1961 | |
| Bishop: | October 1, 1982 | |
| 4. | H. Em. Ivan Cardinal Dias, Archbishop of Bombay (from Velsão) | |
| Born: | April 14,1936 | |
| Priest: | December 8,1958 | |
| Bishop: | June 19,1982 | |
| Cardinal: | February 21, 2001 | |
| 5. | Most Rev. Aleixo das Neves Dias, s.f.x., Bishop of Port Blair, (from Calangute) | |
| Born: | August 5, 1944 | |
| Priest: | December 21, 1969 | |
| Bishop: | January 20, 1985 | |
| 6. | Most Rev. Joseph Coutts, Bishop of Faisalabad, Pakistan ( from Ucassaim) | |
| Born: | July 21, 1945 | |
| Priest: | January 9, 1971 | |
| Bishop: | September 16, 1988. | |
| 7. | Most Rev. Stanislaus Fernandes, s.j. Bishop of Gandhinagar (from S. Matias) | |
| Born: | October 8, 1939 | |
| Priest: | March 19, 1968 | |
| Bishop: | August 24, 1990. | |
| 8. | Most Rev. Sylvester Monteiro, Bishop of Aurangabad (from Loutulim) | |
| Born: | November 26, 1933 | |
| Priest: | December 21, 1960 | |
| Bishop: | March 10, 1994 | |
| 9. | Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman (from Aldona) | |
| Born: | January 20,1953 | |
| Priest: | October 28, 1979 | |
| Bishop: | April 10, 1994 | |
| 10. | Most Rev. Lumen Monteiro, c.s.c., Bishop of Agartala (from Calangute) | |
| Born: | February 1,1950 | |
| Priest: | October 28,1980 | |
| Bishop: | May 26,1996 | |
| 11. | Most Rev. Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Agra (from Orlim) | |
| Born: | December 27, 1944 | |
| Priest: | December 20, 1970 | |
| Bishop: | September 16,1997 | |
| 12. | Most Rev. Evarist Pinto, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan (from Olaulim) | |
| Born: | December 31,1933 | |
| Priest: | January 6,1968 | |
| Bishop: | April 25,2000 | |
| 13. | Most Rev. Max John Rodrigues, Bishop of Hyderabad, Sind-Pakistan (from Mapusa) | |
| Born: | May 29, 1938 | |
| Priest: | January 6, 1966 | |
| Bishop: | March 25, 2000 | |
| 14. | Most Rev. Anil Joseph Thomas Couto, Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (from Pomburpa) | |
| Born: | September 22, 1954 | |
| Priest: | February 8, 1981 | |
| Bishop: | March 11,2001 | |
| 15. | Most Rev. Agnelo Rufino Gracias, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (from Colva) | |
| Born: | July 30, 1939 | |
| Priest: | December 21, 1962 | |
| Bishop: | April 21, 2001 | |
| 16. | Most Rev. Lawrence John Saldanha, Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan (from Saligao) | |
| Born: | June 12, 1936 | |
| Priest: | January 16, 1960 | |
| Bishop: | September 11, 2001 | |
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Retired Bishops
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| 1. | Most Rev. Joseph Albert Rosario, m.s.f.s., Bishop of Amravati (from Verem) | |
| Born: | May 30, 1915 | |
| Priest: | September 29, 1944 | |
| Bishop: | November 13, 1955 | |
| Resigned: | 1994 | |
| 2. | Most Rev. Leobard D’Souza, Archbishop of Nagpur (from Tivim) | |
| Born: | January 18, 1930, | |
| Priest: | December 23, 1956 | |
| Bishop: | December 3, 1964 | |
| Resigned: | 1998 | |
| 3. | Most Rev. Raul Nicolau Gonsalves, Archbishop of Goa and Daman (from Bambolim) | |
| Born: | June 15, 1927 | |
| Priest: | December 21, 1950 | |
| Bishop: | March 5, 1967 | |
| Resigned: | 2004 | |
| 4. | Most Rev. Ignatius P. Lobo, Bishop of Belgaum (from Siolim) | |
| Born: | April 27, 1919 | |
| Priest: | December 21,1947 | |
| Bishop: | June 2, 1968 | |
| Resigned: | 1994 | |
| 5. | Most Rev. Bonaventure P. Paul, o.f.m. Bishop of Hyderabad, Pakistan (from Colvale) | |
| Born: | March 26, 1929 | |
| Priest: | January 3, 1954 | |
| Bishop: | June 14, 1971 | |
| Resigned: | 1989 | |
| 6. | Most Rev. Gilbert Rego, Bishop of Simla-Chandigarh (from Parra) | |
| Born: | September 3, 1921 | |
| Priest: | December 5, 1953 | |
| Bishop: | September 11, 1971 | |
| Resigned: | 1998 | |
| 7. | Most Rev. Cecil D’Sa, Archbishop of Agra (from Mapusa) | |
| Born: | November 22, 1922 | |
| Priest: | September 29, 1948 | |
| Bishop: | October 16, 1971 | |
| Resigned: | 1998 | |
| 8. | Most Rev. Simeon Pereira, Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan (from Sangolda) | |
| Born: | November 19, 1927 | |
| Priest: | August 24, 1951 | |
| Bishop: | December 17, 1973 | |
| Resigned: | 2002 | |
| 9. | Most Rev. Henry Sebastian D’Souza, Archbishop of Calcutta (from Saligao) | |
| Born: | January 20, 1926 | |
| Priest: | August 12, 1948 | |
| Bishop: | May 5, 1974 | |
| Resigned: | 2001 | |
| 10. | Most Rev. Ferdinand J. Fonseca, Auxiliary Bishop of Mumbai (from Aldona) | |
| Born: | December 2, 1925 | |
| Priest: | December 5, 1954 | |
| Bishop: | June 29, 1980 | |
| Resigned: | 2001 | |
| 11. | Most Rev. Francis L. Braganza, s.j., Bishop of Baroda (from Mapusa) | |
| Born: | January 29, 1922 | |
| Priest: | November 22, 1951 | |
| Bishop: | June 29, 1987 | |
| Resigned: | 1998. | |
Golden Verse
1Korintkarank 7:38
Mhonnttôch aplê ankvar hoklê lagim logn zata to borem korta; ani logn zaina to odik borem korta.