Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay is an diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in India. The suffragan dioceses are: Nashik, Poona and Vasai. The Archdiocese of Bombay has been a Metropolitan see since it was elevated on 1 September 1886 by Pope Leo XIII.
The current Archbishop of Bombay is Oswald Gracias who was appointed on 14 October 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI. The Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay (now Mumbai) is His Eminence Simon Cardinal Pimenta since 8 November 1996, and Ivan Cardinal Dias who is currently Prefect Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The headquarters of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Colaba, in South Mumbai.
[edit] List of Archbishops of Bombay
- George Porter (21 December 1886 Appointed - 26 Sep 1889)
- Theodore Dalhoff (6 December 1891 Appointed - 1906)
- Hermann Jurgens (28 May 1907 Appointed - 28 September 1916)
- Alban Goodier (15 December 1919 Appointed - 1 October 1926)
- Joachim Lima (4 May 1928 Appointed - 21 July 1936)
- Thomas Roberts (12 August 1937 Appointed - 4 December 1950)
- Valerian Cardinal Gracias (1 December 1950 Appointed - 11 September 1978)
- Simon Cardinal Pimenta (1 September 1978 Succeeded - 8 November 1996)
- Ivan Cardinal Dias (8 November 1996 Appointed - 20 May 2006)
- Oswald Gracias (14 October 2006 to date)
