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	'''Oswald Gracias''' (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)\|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He was appointed [[Latin Church]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay\|Archbishop of Bombay]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 14 October 2006 and was raised to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)\|cardinalate]] in 2007. In 2008, he became vice-president of the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]; and in 2010, he was elected president. He was also elected secretary general and then president of the [[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]] from 2010 to 2019. On 13 April 2013, he was appointed to the eight-member Council of Cardinals, informally the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]], established by Pope Francis to help with governing the Catholic Church and reforming its central administration. He was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.		'''Oswald Gracias''' (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)\|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He was appointed [[Latin Church]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay\|Archbishop of Bombay]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 14 October 2006 and was raised to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)\|cardinalate]] in 2007. In 2008, he became vice-president of the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]; and in 2010, he was elected president. He was also elected secretary general and then president of the [[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]] from 2010 to 2019. On 13 April 2013, he was appointed to the eight-member Council of Cardinals, informally the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]], established by Pope Francis to help with governing the Catholic Church and reforming its central administration. He was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.

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{{Short description|Indian Roman Catholic Church cardinal}}{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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| honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]]
| name = Oswald Gracias
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archbishop of Bombay]] [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]]
| image = Oswald Kardinal Gracias2, Erzbischof, Mumbai, Indien, 99. Deutscher Katholikentag, Regensburg (cropped).jpg
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Bombay]]
| province = Bombay
| appointed = 14 October 2006
| term_start = 14 December 2006
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| predecessor = [[Ivan Dias]]
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| ordination = 20 December 1970
| ordained_by = [[Valerian Gracias]]
| consecration = 16 September 1997
| consecrated_by = [[Ivan Dias]]
| cardinal = 24 November 2007
| created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]]
| rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]]

| birth_name = Oswald Gracias
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| nationality = Indian
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| residence = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| parents = Jervis Gracias and Aduzinda Gracias
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| motto = To Reconcile All Things in Christ 
सवॉचा ख्रिस्तात समेट साघण्यासाठी'''(Marathi)'''
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| name= Oswald Gracias
| dipstyle= [[His Eminence]]
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| date of diaconal ordination =
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| ordained priest by = [[Valerian Cardinal Gracias]]
| date of priestly ordination = 20 December 1970
| place of priestly ordination = Bombay, India
| consecrated by = [[Ivan Dias|Archbishop Ivan Cornelius Dias]]
| co-consecrators = [[Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca|Bishop Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca]], Bishop Bosco Penha
| date of consecration = 16 September 1997
| place of consecration = [[St. Michael's Church, Mumbai|Saint Michael Church, Mahim]]
| elevated by = [[Pope Benedict XVI]]
| date of elevation = 24 November 2007
| sources =
| bishop 1 = [[Felix Anthony Machado|Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado]]
| consecration date 1 = 8 March 2008
| bishop 2 =[[Henry Sebastian D'Souza|Bishop Henry D’Souza]]
| consecration date 2 = 12 June 2008
| bishop 3 =[[Elias Joseph Gonsalves|Archbishop Elias Joseph Gonsalves]]
| consecration date 3 = 29 September 2012
| bishop 4 = [[Udumala Bala Showreddy|Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy]]
| consecration date 4 = 23 May 2013
| bishop 5 = Bishop Savio Dominic Fernandes
| consecration date 5 = 29 June 2013
| bishop 6 = Bishop John Rodrigues
| consecration date 6 = 29 June 2013
| bishop 7 = Bishop Barthol Barretto<ref name=grass>{{cite news | url = https://m.timesofindia.com/city/mumbai/grassroots-worker-priests-ordained-as-bishops/articleshow/56838689.cms | work = Times of India | access-date = 3 February 2020 | date= 28 January 2017 | title= Grassroots worker priests ordained as bishops }}</ref>
| consecration date 7 = 28 January 2017
| bishop 8 = Bishop Allwyn D’Silva<ref name=grass/>
| consecration date 8 = 28 January 2017
}}
'''Oswald Gracias''' (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church]]. He was appointed [[Latin Church]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archbishop of Bombay]] by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] on 14 October 2006 and was raised to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 2007. In 2008, he became vice-president of the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]; and in 2010, he was elected president. He was also elected secretary general and then president of the [[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]] from 2010 to 2019. On 13 April 2013, he was appointed to the eight-member Council of Cardinals, informally the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]], established by Pope Francis to help with governing the Catholic Church and reforming its central administration. He was mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed Pope Benedict XVI in 2013.

==Biography==
===Early life and ordination===
Gracias was born in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (modern-day Mumbai) to Jervis and Aduzinda Gracias (a native of Orlim, Goa). He recognises himself as a [[Goan Catholics|Goan Catholic]]. He completed his school studies at St. Michael's School in [[Mahim]] and joined college at the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]. After a year, he entered the [[Seminary]] of [[Pope Pius X|St. Pius X]] in Bombay, where he studied philosophy and [[theology]]. Gracias was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the priesthood by [[Valerian Gracias]] (no relation) on 20 December 1970.<ref name="ie-27jul1997"/> From 1971 to 1976, he served as [[Chancellor (ecclesiastical)|Chancellor]] and [[Personal assistant|secretary]] to Bishop [[Joseph Rodericks]], [[Society of Jesus|SJ]], of [[Jamshedpur]].<ref name="ie-27jul1997"/>
===Diocesan work===
Gracias attended the [[Pontifical Urbaniana University]] from 1976 to 1982; he obtained a [[Doctor of Canon Law|doctorate in canon law]], a diploma in [[jurisprudence]]. Upon his return to Bombay, he was named chancellor, judge of the [[Ecclesiastical court|metropolitan tribunal]], and [[judicial vicar]]. From 1982, he was the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Mumbai, and from 1988 he was the [[judicial vicar]] for the archdiocese.<ref name="ie-27jul1997"/> In 1991, Gracias was made [[Diocese|archdiocesan]] [[consultor]]. He also taught as a visiting professor in the seminaries of Bombay, [[Poona]], and [[Bangalore]]. He was also president of the Canon Law Society of [[India]].

===Bishop and Archbishop===
On 28 June 1997, Gracias was appointed [[Auxiliary bishop|Auxiliary Bishop]] of Bombay and [[Titular bishop|Titular Bishop]] of Bladia by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="ie-27jul1997"/> He received his [[Bishop (Catholicism)|episcopal consecration]] on the following 16 September from Archbishop [[Ivan Dias]], with Bishops Ferdinand Fonseca and Bosco Penha serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]].{{cn|date=February 2020}} Pope John Paul named Gracias [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Archbishop of Agra]] on 7 September 2000.<ref>{{cite press release |access-date = 3 February 2020 | date= 28 September 2000 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2000/09/28/0565/01954.html | language= it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 28.09.2000 }}</ref> [[Pope Benedict XVI]] appointed him [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archbishop of Bombay]] on 14 October 2006.<ref>{{cite press release |access-date = 2 February 2020 | date= 14 October 2006 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2006/10/14/0504/01432.html | language= it | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 14.10.2006 }}</ref> He has served as secretary of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]] (CBCI), which comprises several rites, and as president of the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]], the organization of the Latin Church.

===Cardinal===
On 17 October 2007, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] announced that he would elevate Gracias and twenty-two other [[prelate]]s to the [[College of Cardinals]]. At the [[papal consistory|consistory]] in [[St. Peter's Basilica]] on 24 November 2007, he was created [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal-Priest]] of [[San Paolo della Croce a Corviale]].

On 20 February 2008 Cardinal Gracias was elected 1st vice president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) of which had earlier served as secretary general.

Pope Benedict named him a member of the [[Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts]] on 6 May 2008 <ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 06.05.2008 | language = it |access-date = 2 February 2020 | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2008/05/06/0297/00685.html |date=6 May 2008 }}</ref> and of the [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments]] on 6 July 2010, <ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 06.07.2010 | language = it |access-date = 2 February 2020 | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/07/06/0448/01014.html |date=6 July 2010 }}</ref>

On 18 September 2008 in Washington, D.C., Gracias underwent surgery for a rare form of cancer.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 3 February 2020 |date= 5 October 2008 | title= Cardinal Gracias operated for cancer | url = https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/cardinal-gracias-operated-for-cancer/articleshow/15858182.cms | work = Mumbai Mirror }}</ref> He recovered completely.<ref name=candidate/>

Gracias was elected secretary general of the [[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]] (FABC) by the presidents of its 19 constituent bishops conferences representing 28 Asian countries. He led the organization from 2010 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://cruxnow.com/uncategorized/2019/01/myanmar-cardinal-to-focus-on-peacebuilding-as-he-takes-over-helm-of-fabc/ | work = Crux |access-date = 3 February 2020 | date=12 January 2019 | title = Myanmar cardinal to focus on peacebuilding as he takes over helm of FABC | agency = Catholic News Service | first = Michael | last= Sainsbury}}</ref>{{efn|The Federation coordinates the work of the Church in these countries and represents Asian interests to the Vatican and government authorities. The Central Secretariat located in Hong Kong is the principal service agency of FABC, and an instrument of co-ordination both within FABC and with outside offices and agencies throughout Asia.<ref>[http://archdioceseofbombay.org/Administration/The Bishops/Archbishop Oswald Cardinal Gracias]</ref>}}

On 29 December 2011 he was appointed a member of the [[Pontifical Council for Social Communications]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.12.2011 | language = it |access-date = 2 February 2020 | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/12/29/0775/01867.html |date=29 December 2011 }}</ref> On 12 June 2012 Cardinal Gracias was appointed a member of the [[Congregation for Catholic Education]].<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 12.06.2012 | language = it |access-date = 2 February 2020 | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/06/12/0348/00817.html |date=12 June 2012 }}</ref> On 18 September 2012, Gracias was appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] to serve as a synod father for the October 2012 Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization. <ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 18.09.2012| language = it |access-date = 2 February 2020 | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2012/09/18/0522/01169.html |date=18 September 2012 }}</ref>

Both in Agra and Mumbai Gracias endorsed teaching the discipline of yoga in Catholic schools. In 2012 he wrote: "Through the prescribed postures and exercises one improves one's all round sense of well being and is able to enter into oneself so as to commune better with God."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indian-priest:-Yoga-is-good,-even-for-Christianity-26318.html | work = Asia News | title = Indian priest: Yoga is good, even for Christianity | date= 12 December 2012 }}</ref>{{efn|The openness to yoga on the part of Catholic institutions is controversial in some quarters, but it has a long history. Cardinal [[Valerian Gracias]] supported the practice.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/5594846.cms | access-date = 3 February 2020 | work= Times of India | date = 20 February 2010 | title = A Catholic and a lotus-eater | first = Ashley | last = D'Mello}}</ref>}}

He was mentioned as a possible candidate for election to the papacy in the [[Papal conclave, 2013|2013 conclave]].<ref name=candidate>{{cite news | url = https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/papabile-day-men-who-could-be-pope-19 | work = National Catholic Reporter | date= 10 March 2013 | access-date = 3 February 2020 | title = Papabile of the Day: The Men Who Could Be Pope | first = John L. | last = Allen Jr. }}</ref> He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2013|cardinal electors]] who participated in that conclave, which elected [[Pope Francis]].<ref>{{cite news | work = Zenit | access-date = 3 February 2020 | date= 12 March 2013 | url = https://zenit.org/articles/list-of-cardinal-electors/ | title= List of Cardinal Electors}}</ref>

On 13 April 2013 he was appointed to the [[Council of Cardinal Advisers]], a group established by [[Pope Francis]] to advise him and to study a plan for revising the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/04/13/news/30794.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428013340/http://attualita.vatican.va/sala-stampa/bollettino/2013/04/13/news/30794.html |archive-date=28 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Gracias was elected to a two-year term as president of the CBCI on 9 February 2018.

On 6 December 2019, the [[Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples]] notified Gracias that Pope Francis wants Gracias to remain Archbishop. Gracias had submitted his resignation as required in anticipation of his 75th birthday.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://mattersindia.com/2020/01/pope-asks-cardinal-gracias-to-continue-as-bombay-archbishop/ | work = Matters India| title= Pope asks Cardinal Gracias to continue as Bombay archbishop | access-date = 2 February 2020 | date= 29 January 2020 | first = Nirmala |last= Carvalho }}</ref> On 17 February 2020, Gracias was elected to a second two-year term as president of the CBCI.

On 15 October 2020, Pope Francis renewed Gracias's term on the Council of Cardinal Advisers.<ref>{{cite press release | publisher = Holy See Press Office | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/15/201015b.html | title = Resignations and Appointments, 15.10.2020 | date= 15 October 2020 | access-date = 15 October 2020}}</ref>

==Views and theology==
===''Humanae Vitae''===
Gracias delivered an address to priests in 2018 to commemorate [[Pope Paul VI|Pope Paul VI's]] [[papal encyclical]] ''[[Humanae Vitae]]''. In his address, Gracias affirmed that the Church "stands unwavering and firm in her decision to embrace and uphold life as well as embrace, nurture, defend and uplift the gift of life, every life". The cardinal referred to the encyclical as "a great gift to the Church" because it was able to set out how the Church views marriage and family life, however, the cardinal noted that the encyclical was also a reminder about the need to "invest more in marriage preparation, prepare couples for marriage and enrich the marriages of those already married".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Asia News|date=26 July 2018|author=Oswald Gracias|access-date=28 July 2020|title=Card. Gracias: Humanae Vitae reaffirms the truths of life and the family|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Card-Gracias:-Humanae-Vitae-reaffirms-the-truths-of-life-and-the-family-44520.html}}</ref>

===Married clergy===
Cardinal Gracias has suggested that the pathway to [[Clerical celibacy|married priests]] is still an open possibility; during the [[Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon region|2019 Synod of Bishops]] the cardinal suggested in his intervention that following present canon law could present possibilities for married men to be ordained to the priesthood, mentioning that special dispensations could be granted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/cardinal-gracias-church-must-shed-prejudice-against-womens-leadership|title=Cardinal Gracias: Church must 'shed prejudice' against women's leadership|date=24 February 2020|access-date=28 July 2020|publisher=[[National Catholic Reporter]]|author=Joshua J. McElwee}}</ref>

===Abortion===
In February 2020, Gracias stated that "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception", pointing out that "the Church has been unwavering in its protection of the sanctity of human life, from conception until natural death". In his address given to the 32nd plenary session of the Indian Episcopal Conference in Bangalore, Gracias condemned India's new abortion bill that would extend the period to end a pregnancy to 24 weeks, declaring that "bishops have the responsibility to spread Christ's message about the dignity of all human life".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Card-Gracias:-Human-life-must-be-respected-from-conception-49317.html|title=Card. Gracias: Human life must be respected from conception|date=17 February 2020|author=Nirmala Carvalho|access-date=28 July 2020|publisher=Asia News}}</ref>

===Euthanasia===
In March 2011, Gracias expressed his relief at the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court's]] decision to reject the plea for the [[mercy killing]] of a nurse who was in a semi-comatose condition for over three decades. In remarks given to the [[Catholic News Service]], the cardinal expressed his relief that the court rejected the plea, stating that "allowing one to die amounts to actively supporting taking away one's life".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/indian-court-issues-passive-euthanasia-ruling|title=Indian court issues 'passive euthanasia' ruling|publisher=[[National Catholic Reporter]]|author=Anto Akkara|date=10 March 2011|access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=160 style="font-size:95%; line-height:130%">
Incensing the Blessed Sacrament.jpg |Gracias at St. Peter's Church, Bandra – incensing the Blessed Sacrament during Benediction
Oswald Gracias at Villianur shrine 01.jpg|Benediction sermon at [[Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Villianur|Villianur Shrine]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
Oswald Gracias at Villianur shrine 02.jpg|[[Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament]]
Oswald Gracias at Villianur shrine 03.jpg|Blessing of the new gate
</gallery>

==Arms==
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|image = Coat of arms of Oswald Gracias.svg
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|notes = The coat of arms was designed and adopted when he was appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay.
|year_adopted = 16 September 1997
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|torse =
|helm =
|escutcheon = Washing of the feet, Letter M, [[Lady Justice|Scales of Justice]] and Handshake
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|motto = To Reconcile All Things in Christ
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|symbolism = ''Washing of the feet'': symbolises a commitment to service; ''Letter M'': Represents devotion to [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mary]]; ''[[Lady Justice|Scales of Justice]]'': Church Law. His field of specialisation; ''Hand shake'': stands for reconciliation and building bridges of communion
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==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=




<ref name="ie-27jul1997">{{cite news
|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970727/20850143.html
|title=Quicktakes: Bishop of Mumbai
|date=27 July 1997
|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]
|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]
|access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{cite web| title= Gracias Card. Oswald |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url= https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_gracias_o.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904064836/http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_gracias_o.html }}
*{{cite web| publisher = Archdiocese of Bombay | url = https://www.archdioceseofbombay.org/oswald-cardinal-gracias | title= Oswald Cardinal Gracias}}
*[http://konkanicatholics.blogspot.com/2007/10/oswald-gracias-named-cardinal.html Bio-data of Archbishop Oswald Gracias of Bombay Named Cardinal on Oct 17, 2007]

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India|President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]|years=2005 – 12 January 2011}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Telesphore Placidus Cardinal Toppo|Telesphore Placidus Toppo]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Ivan Dias]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay|Archbishop of Bombay]]|years=14 October 2006 –}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Louis-Albert Vachon]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale|years=24 November 2007 –}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Vincent Conçessao|Vincent Michael Conçessao]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|Vice-President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]]|years=19 February 2008 – 1 March 2010}}
{{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Varkey Vithayathil]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]]|years=1 March 2010 – 12 February 2014}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Orlando Beltran Quevedo]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences|President of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]]|years=21 October 2011 – 1 January 2019}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Charles Maung Bo]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Telesphore Placidus Toppo]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India|President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]]|years=February 2013 – 12 January 2019}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Filipe Neri Ferrão|Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]]|years=9 February 2018 –}}
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[[Category:Pontifical Urban University alumni]]
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[[Category:Christian clergy from Mumbai]]
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[[Category:Members of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications]]
[[Category:Members of the Congregation for Catholic Education]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Agra]]
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholic archbishops]]

Oswald Gracias - Revision history

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