Lucas Sirkar, SDB (24 September 1936 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian

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archbishop, He served as the archbishop of the

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. He was succeeded by Thomas D'Souza, the current serving Archbishop of Calcutta. He was ordained as a priest on 20 April 1968 and was a member of the religious institute, the

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. On 22 June 1984 he was appointed and on 22 September 1984 was consecrated as a Diocesan Bishop of

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. On 14 April 2000, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta. After the retirement of

Henry Sebastian D'Souza Henry Sebastian D'Souza (20 January 1926 – 27 June 2016) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Igatpuri, D'Souza was ordained a priest in 1948. He became Bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in 1974 and was named coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutt ...

, he succeeded him on 2 April 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta. On 23 February 2012,

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accepted the resignation request made by Lucas Sirkar citing advanced age. Sirkar died on 18 April 2021.

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India Salesian bishops 1936 births 2021 deaths {{India-RC-archbishop-stub