Paul Alois Lakra (11 July 1955 – 15 June 2021) was an Indian prelate of the
Catholic Church who served as the
Bishop of Gumla from 2006 until his death in 2021.
[Bishop Paul Lakra Passed Away]
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Lakra died in Ranchi
Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...
on 15 June 2021, aged 65, from Covid-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Bishop-Lakra-of-Gumla-is-the-fourth-bishop-to-die-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic-53421.html]
See also
* List of Catholic bishops of India
The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titula ...
References
1955 births
2021 deaths
People from Ranchi
Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
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