Cardinals of Goan origin

Evelyn Siqueira

VALERIAN GRACIAS

  • (October 23, 1900 –September 11, 1978)

  • Archbishop of Bombay (now Mumbai) from 1950 until his death

  • Appointed cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII

  • Ancestral village: Dramapur/Navelim, Goa

  • Received the Padma Vibhushan award in 1966

JOSEPH MARIE ANTHONY CORDEIRO

  • (January 19, 1918 – February 11, 1994)

  • Appointed bishop of Karachi (Pakistan) in 1958

  • Appointed cardinal on March 5, 1973 by Pope Paul VI

  • Ancestral village: Salvador do Mundo, Bardez

IVAN CORNELIUS DIAS

  • (April 14, 1936 – June 19, 2017)

  • Born in Bandra (in Bombay)

  • Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006

  • Appointed cardinal on February 21, 2001 by Pope John Paul II

  • Ancestral village: Velsao, South Goa

OSWALD GRACIAS

  • Born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in December 1944

  • Archbishop of Agra (UP), later transferred as Archbishop of Mumbai

  • Appointed cardinal on November 24, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

  • Ancestral village: Orlim, South Goa

JOSEPH COUTTS

  • Born in July 1945 in Amritsar (British India)

  • Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021

  • Appointed cardinal on June 28, 2018 by Pope Francis

  • Ancestral village: Aldona, Bardez

FILIPE NERI ANTÔNIO SEBASTIÂO DO ROSARIO FERRÃO

  • Born in January 1953 in Mapusa, Goa

  • Archbishop of Goa and Daman, in India, since 2004

  • Appointed cardinal on August 27, 2022 by Pope Francis

  • Ancestral village: Aldona, Bardez

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