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Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church
- Archdiocese
- Bombay
- Province
- Bombay
- Appointed
- 14 October 2006
- Installed
- 14 December 2006
- Term ended
- 25 January 2025
- Predecessor
- Ivan Dias
- Successor
- John Rodrigues
- Other posts
- Cardinal-Priest of San Paolo della Croce a Corviale Member of the Council of Cardinals
- Previous posts
- Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (1997–2000) Titular Bishop of Bladia (1997–2000) Archbishop of Agra, India (2000–2006)
- Ordination
- 20 December 1970, by Valerian Gracias
- Consecration
- 16 September 1997, by Ivan Dias
- Created cardinal
- 24 November 2007, by Benedict XVI
- Rank
- Cardinal-Priest
- Born
- Oswald Gracias , ( 1944-12-24 ) 24 December 1944 (age 81) , Bombay , Bombay Presidency , British India
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Residence
- Mumbai , India
- Parents
- Jervis Gracias and Aduzinda Gracias
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oswald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Position held
- auxiliary bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Urbaniana University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2013 conclave
- Image
- Oswald Gracias at Villianur shrine 04.jpg
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- 1944-12-24
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Encyclopedic overview
Oswald Gracias (born 24 December 1944) is an Indian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bombay from 2006 to 2025. He was made a cardinal in 2007. In 2008, he was elected vice-president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India and in 2010 its president.
Gracias was president of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences from 2010 to 2019. In 2013, he was appointed to the Council of Cardinals, established by Pope Francis to help with reforming the Catholic Church's central administration. Gracias was considered papabile in 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oswald Gracias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.