Gerald Isaac Lobo
Gerald Isaac Lobo (born November 12, 1949 in Mangalore , India ) is an Indian Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Udupi .
Life
Lobo, like most Indian Catholic clergy of Portuguese descent, was ordained a priest on May 5, 1977 . Then he worked as a vicar in Kasargode .
On December 3, 1999, he was appointed Bishop of Shimoga by Pope John Paul II . The Archbishop of Bangalore , Ignatius Paul Pinto , ordained him episcopal on March 20 of the following year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Mangalore , Aloysius Paul D'Souza , and the Bishop of Chikmagalur , John Baptist Sequeira .
Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on July 16, 2012 as the first bishop of the diocese of Udupi established on the same date . The inauguration took place on October 15 of the same year.
Web links
- Entry for Gerald Isaac Lobo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on ucanindia.in , accessed on March 19, 2014
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Udupi since 2012 |
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| Ignatius Paul Pinto |
Bishop of Shimoga 1999–2012 |
Francis Serrao |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lobo, Gerald Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian Catholic Bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mangalore , India |