Lawrence Trevor Picachy
Lawrence Trevor Cardinal Picachy SJ (born August 7, 1916 in Darjiling , India , † November 29, 1992 in Calcutta ) was Archbishop of Calcutta .
Life
Lawrence Trevor Picachy entered the Jesuit order in 1934 and studied Catholic theology in various houses . He received on 21 November 1947, the sacrament of Holy Orders , and then worked as a parish pastor. From 1950 he was employed in Calcutta as a lecturer and seminar leader in the training of the next generation of priests.
Pope John XXIII appointed him bishop of Jamshedpur in 1962 . On September 9, 1962, James Robert Knox , Titular Archbishop of Melitene and Apostolic Internuncio in India, donated him the episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were Pius Kerketta SJ , Archbishop of Ranchi , and Augustine Francis Wildermuth SJ, Bishop of Patna . Lawrence Trevor Picachy attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 . Pope Paul VI In 1969 he made him head of the Archdiocese of Calcutta and accepted him into the College of Cardinals in 1976 as a cardinal priest with the titular church Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli . Lawrence Trevor Picachy resigned the leadership of the Archdiocese of Calcutta in 1986 due to illness. He died on November 29, 1992 in Calcutta and was buried on the grounds of his order in Thakurpukur.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| New diocese established |
Bishop of Jamshedpur 1962–1969 |
Joseph Robert Rodericks SJ |
| Albert Vincent D'Souza |
Archbishop of Calcutta 1969–1986 |
Henry Sebastian D'Souza |
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| SURNAME | Picachy, Lawrence Trevor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Picachy, Cardinal Lawrence Trevor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian clergyman, Archbishop of Calcutta and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darjiling , India |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1992 |
| Place of death | Calcutta |