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Archbishop Elias Gonsalves
Archbishop  Gonsalves
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Archbishop Elias Gonsalves
Archbishop's House,
25 Kamptee Road, Mohan Nagar P.O.,
Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra, India

Phone: (0712)2533.765
Fax :2527.906
Email: [email protected]

Archbishop Elias Gonsalves was born on July 4, 1961, in Chulne, Maharashtra state. He was ordained priest on April 11, 1990. He has a bachelor's degree in history and economics from Bombay University and a diploma in social development and community building from the Coady Institute in Nova Scotia, Canada. Bishop Gonsalves has served as pastor of several parishes and was the dean of Raigad deanery. On July 11, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Amravati diocese. Before his appointment as bishop, he was the director of social work of the archdiocese of Bombay.

Pope Francis appointed Bishop Gonsalves as archbishop of Nagpur on Dec. 3, 2018.

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Archbishop Abraham Viruthakulangara (17 Jan 1998 Appointed - 19 Apr 2018 Died)
  • Archbishop Leobard D'Souza (1975 -1988)
  • Archbishop Leonard Raymond (1964 - 1974)
  • Archbishop Eugene D'Souza (1951 - transferred to Bhopal in 1964)
  • Bishop Louis F. Gayet (1933 - 1950)
  • Bishop Francis Stephen Coppel (1907 - 1933)
  • Bishop Stephen Bonaventure (1904 - 1907)
  • Bishop John Mary Crochet (1900 - 1903)
  • Bishop Charles Pelvat (1893 - 1900)
  • Bishop Alexix Riccaz (1887 - 1892)

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