Lucas Sirkar, SDB (24 September 1936 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian

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archbishop, He served as the archbishop of the

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. He was succeeded by

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, the current serving Archbishop of Calcutta. He was ordained as a priest on 20 April 1968 and was a member of the religious institute, the

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. On 22 June 1984 he was appointed and on 22 September 1984 was consecrated as a Diocesan Bishop of

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. On 14 April 2000, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta. After the retirement of

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, he succeeded him on 2 April 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta. On 23 February 2012,

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accepted the resignation request made by Lucas Sirkar citing advanced age. Most Rev. Lucas Sirkar SDB, Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Kolkata, died at 1.00 pm (IST) on Sunday, 18 April 2021 at Aradhana Mandir, Krishnanagar due to cardiac arrest. He was 84.

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21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in India 1936 births 2021 deaths {{India-RC-archbishop-stub