Simon Pimenta

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Coat of Arms of Cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta

Simon Ignatius Pimenta (1 March 1920 – 19 July 2013) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay (now Mumbai).

Styles of Simon Pimenta

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Bombay (Emeritus)

Pimenta was ordained on 21 December 1949. Before coming to Rome to study at the Pontifical College of St. Peter the Apostle, he served as assistant parish priest in Bombay and worked with the Bombay Curia. In 1954, Pimenta graduated in Canon Law at the Pontifical Urban University. On 5 June 1971 Pope Paul VI appointed Pimenta as an Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, giving him the titular see of Bocconia. He was chosen to become the next Archbishop of Bombay by Pope Paul and was thus appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay on 26 February 1977. On 11 September 1978 he succeeded Valerian Gracias as the Archbishop of Bombay. He has served as President of the Indian Episcopal Conference.

He was created Cardinal-Priest on 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II with the titular church of Santa Maria Regina Mundi a Torre Spaccata. He became Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay on 8 November 1996 with the appointment of Ivan Dias as his successor in that see. He died on 19 July 2013.^[1]^[2]

References

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Valerian Gracias	Archbishop of Bombay 11 September 1978 – 8 November 1996	Succeeded by Ivan Dias

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 61495449 LCCN: nr2004015994

Persondata
Name	Pimenta, Simon
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic cardinal
Date of birth	1 March 1920
Place of birth
Date of death	19 July 2013
Place of death

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