Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra, India

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.11.12 – ...):

Archbishop Raphy Manjaly (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Agra (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Raphy Manjaly (64)
(2020.11.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India)

Born:	1958.02.07 (Vendere, India)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.04.30

Bishop of Varanasi (India) (2007.02.24 – 2013.10.17)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (2013.10.17 – 2020.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (2020.11.12 – ...)

Archbishop Albert D’Souza (77)
(2007.02.16 – 2020.11.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Agra (India)

Your kingdom come

Born:	1945.08.04 (Moodubelle, India)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.02.07

Bishop of Lucknow (India) (1992.11.21 – 2007.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (2007.02.16 – 2020.11.12)

General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2012.02 – 2016.03)

Archbishop Oswald Gracias (78) (later Cardinal)
(2000.09.07 – 2006.10.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale»
Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)
Second Vice-President of “Vox Clara” Committee
Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

To reconcile all things in Christ

Born:	1944.12.24 (Bombay, India)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.09.16
Created Cardinal:	2007.11.24

Titular Bishop of Bladia (1997.06.28 – 2000.09.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India) (1997.06.28 – 2000.09.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (2000.09.07 – 2006.10.14)

Second Vice-President of “Vox Clara” Committee (2002.04 – ...)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2005 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) (2006.10.14 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale» (2007.11.24 [2008.05.10] – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2008.02.19 – 2010.03.01)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2010.03.01 – 2014.02.12)

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.21 [2012.01.01] – 2019.01.01)

President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2013.02 – 2019.01.12)

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2018.02.09 – 2022.11.11)

Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (86)
(1998.11.05 – 2000.09.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Delhi (India)

To bear witness to the Lord

Born:	1936.09.28 (Mangalore, India)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.04.01

Titular Bishop of Mascula (1995.02.03 – 1998.11.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi (India) (1995.02.03 – 1998.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1998.11.05 – 2000.09.07)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (2000 – 2004)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India) (2000.09.07 – 2012.11.30)

Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (2007 – 2011)

Archbishop Cecil DeSa
(1983.11.11 – 1998.04.16)

Manete in Christo

Born:	1922.11.22 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1948.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.10.16
Died:	2006.10.27 († 83)

Bishop of Lucknow (India) (1971.06.05 – 1983.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1983.11.11 – 1998.04.16)

Archbishop Dominic Romuald Basil Athaide, O.F.M. Cap.
(1956.02.29 – 1982.06.26)

God’s grace pour over us

Born:	1909.02.07 (India)
Ordained Priest:	1932.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.05.20
Died:	1982.06.26 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1956.02.29 – 1982.06.26)

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1937.08.21 – 1956)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1878.12.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1901.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.09.21
Died:	1962.05.09 († 83)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1916.04.15 – 1925)

Titular Archbishop of Tenedus (1916.04.15 – 1937.08.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India) (1930 – 1937.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1937.08.21 – 1956)

Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1956 – 1962.05.09)

Archbishop Angelo Raffaele Bernacchioni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1917.08.07 – 1937.08.21)

Born:	1854.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1917.12.27
Died:	1937.08.21 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1917.08.07 – 1937.08.21)

Archbishop Charles Joseph Gentili, O.F.M. Cap.
(1898.08.27 – 1917.01.06)

Born:	1840.11.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1897.06.29
Died:	1917.01.06 († 76)

Bishop of Allahabad (India) (1897.03.29 – 1898.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1898.08.27 – 1917.01.06)

Archbishop Emmanuel Alfonso van den Bosch, O.F.M. Cap.
(1892.01.02 – 1897.04.27)

Born:	1854.06.18 (Belgium)
Consecrated Bishop:	1891
Died:	1921.10.17 († 67)

Bishop of Lahore (Pakistan) (1890.11.21 – 1892.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1892.01.02 – 1897.04.27)

Titular Archbishop of Parium (1897.04.27 – 1921.10.17)

Archbishop Michelangelo Jacobi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1886.09.01 – 1891.10.14)

Born:	1812.12.16 (Italy)
Died:	1891.10.14 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Pentacomia (1868.02.09 – 1886.09.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1868.02.09 – 1886.09.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1886.09.01 – 1891.10.14)

Vicars Apostolic of Agra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michelangelo Jacobi, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1868.02.09 – 1886.09.01)

(see above)

Bishop Angelicus Bedenik, O.F.M. Cap.
(1861.06.01 – 1866.11.02)

Born:	1805?
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.07.21
Died:	1866.11.02 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Leuca (1861.06.01 – 1866.11.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1861.06.01 – 1866.11.02)

Bishop Ignazio Persico (德斯馬曾), O.F.M. Cap. (later Cardinal)
(1856.12.19 – 1860.06.24)

Born:	1823.01.30 (Napoli, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1846.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.06.04
Created Cardinal:	1893.01.16
Died:	1895.12.07 (Roma, Italy † 72)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Bombay (India) (1854.03.08 – 1856.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1854.03.08 – 1870.03.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1856.12.19 – 1860.06.24)

Bishop of Savannah (USA) (1870.03.20 – 1872.08.25)

Titular Bishop of Bolina (1874.06.20 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Aquino (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1878.07.15 – 1879.03.26)

Bishop of Aquino (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop of Pontecorvo (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Bishop of Sora (Italy) (1879.03.26 – 1887.03.14)

Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis (1887.03.14 – 1893.01.16)

Secretary of Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith (1891.06.13 – 1893.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1893.01.19 – 1895.12.07)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Sacred Relics (1893.05.30 – 1895.12.07)

Bishop Gaetano Carli, O.F.M. Cap.
(1849.06.12 – 1856.12.07?)

Born:	1811.04.25 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1844
Died:	1887.12.11 († 76)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1842.08.23 – 1849.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Halmiros (1842.08.23 – 1887)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1849.06.12 – 1856.12.07?)

Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Borghi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1842 – 1849.06.12)

Born:	1803.02.01 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1827
Consecrated Bishop:	1839.06.02
Died:	1851.07.31 († 48)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan (India) (1838.08.14 – 1842)

Titular Bishop of Bethsaida (1838.08.14 – 1849.11.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Agra (India) (1842 – 1849.06.12)

Bishop of Cortona (Italy) (1849.11.05 – 1851.07.31)

Vicars Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Pezzoni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1826.01.27 – 1841)

Born:	1777.11.19 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1826.02.12
Died:	1844.10.13 († 66)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan (India) (1826.01.27 – 1841)

Titular Bishop of Hesbon (1826.01.27 – 1844.10.13)

Bishop Zenobio Benucci, O.F.M. Cap.
(1820.08.29 – 1824.06.24)

Born:	1779.08.25 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1803?
Consecrated Bishop:	1823
Died:	1824.06.24 († 44)

Titular Bishop of Thermæ (1820.08.29 – 1824.06.24)

Vicar Apostolic of Tibet-Hindustan (India) (1820.08.29 – 1824.06.24)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. (1952.07.10 – 1956.02.29)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap. (1930 – 1937.08.21)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Gaetano Carli, O.F.M. Cap. (1842.08.23 – 1849.06.12)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Giuseppe Antonio Borghi, O.F.M. Cap. (1838.08.14 – 1842)
Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Giuiseppe Angelo di Fazio, O.F.M. Cap. (1836.04.26 – 1837.12.15)