Bishop Shyamal Bose is the current serving bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Baruipur The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baruipur ( la, Baruipuren(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Baruipur in the Ecclesiastical province of Calcutta in India. History * May 30, 1977: Established as Diocese of Baruipur from the Metropolitan Ar ...

, India.

Early life and education

Bose was born on 24 March 1961 in

Gosaba Gosaba is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Gosaba police station in the Gosaba CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Sir Daniel Mack ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. He studied at St. Xavier's F P School, in Basantithe and Gosaba for his primary and secondary school education. For minor seminary he joined St. John Mary Vianney Minor Seminary in

Barasat Barasat () is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) ...

, and the Morning Star Regional Major Seminary in

Barrackpore Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city and a municipality of urban Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA ...

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. He attended St. Albert's College,

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 ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

for his theological studies. He acquired a Licentiate in

Biblical Theology Because scholars have tended to use the term in different ways, Biblical theology has been notoriously difficult to define. Description Although most speak of biblical theology as a particular method or emphasis within biblical studies, some scho ...

from St. Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bengaluru.

Priesthood

Bose was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Baruipur on 5 May 1991.

Episcopate

On 17 May 2019, Bose was appointed the

Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

of the

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

, and consecrated by Archbishop Thomas D’Souza on 24 June 2019. He is also serving as a Financial Administrator and Chancellor of the Diocese of

Baruipur Baruipur () is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is the headquarters of the Baruipur su ...

since 2016. He succeeded as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Baruipur on 4 May 2020.

References

1961 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Living people {{India-RC-bishop-stub