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Bishop Gerald John Mathias
Bishop  John Mathias
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Bishop Gerald John Mathias
Bishop's House
Hazratganj P.O. 70,
LUCKNOW - 226 001
Uttar Pradesh, INDIA

Phone: 91-522-2615644, 2625472(O), 2283467(P) , Mobile: 91- 983 92 29 603
Fax : 91- 522-2624885
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Bishop Gerald John Mathias was born on Sept. 20, 1953, in Kalianpur, Mangalore diocese, in Karnataka state. He was ordained priest on April 22, 1979. Bishop Mathias was appointed bishop of Shimla-Chandigarh on Dec. 22, 1999, and was ordained on April 9, 2000. On Nov. 8, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him bishop of Lucknow. He was installed as the fifth bishop of the diocese on Jan. 4, 2008. Before this, Bishop Mathias had served as the cathedral parish priest in Lucknow. Bishop Mathias is chairman of the laity commission in the Latin-rite Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India. He also chairs the Agra Regional Commission for Education and Culture and is president of Catholic Educational Institutions in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Archbishop Albert D'Souza (1992 - 2007)
  • Archbishop Alan Basil de Lastic (1984 -1990)
  • Archbishop Cecil DeSa (1971 -1983)
  • Bishop Albert Conrad de Vito, O.F.M. Cap. (1946 -1970)

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