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Lumen Monteiro (born 1 February 1952) is an Indian prelate of the
Catholic Church
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, who serves as a bishop of the Diocese of Agartala.
Early life
Monteiro was born in 1952 inCalangute
Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in ...
, Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
, India.
Priesthood
Monteiro joined the Congregation of the Holy Cross and professed his vows on 30 May 1974 and wasordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform ...
as a priest on 28 Oct 1980 in the Congregation of Holy Cross
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.
Episcopate
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
appointed Monteiro Bishop of Agartala on 11 Jan 1996 and he received his episcopal consecration on 26 May 1996. His episcopal motto is "Lead Us Onward." He chairs the North Eastern Diocesan Social Forum and as a representative of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India or CCBI, is the national episcopal conference of the bishops of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in India, functioning in accordance with canon 447. There are 132 Latin Catholic dioceses in the ...
(Latin rite) on the Governing Body of Caritas India.
See also
* Catholic Church in IndiaReferences
External links
* * 1952 births Living people Congregation of Holy Cross bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Scholars from Goa People from North Goa district 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in India {{India-RC-bishop-stub