Former Archdiocese of

Cranganor

India India

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese Archdiocese

Name: Cranganor / Cranganoren(sis) (Latin)

United to: Goa and Daman

History

Past Ordinaries

Archbishops of Cranganor (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Joaquim de Oliveira Carvalho, O.F.M.
(1825.12.19 – 1835)

Born:1763.07.14 (Amarante, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1786.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1826.04.25
Died:1835 († 72)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1825.12.19 – 1835)

Archbishop Paulo de São Tomás de Aquino, O.P.
(1819.12.17 – 1823.12.20)

Born:1773
Consecrated Bishop:1821.03.04
Died:1823.12.20 († 49)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1819.12.17 – 1823.12.20)

Archbishop Teodoro Botelho Homen Bernardes
(1806.08.26 – ?)

Born:1739.11.16 (Lisboa, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1762.12.05

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1806.08.26 – ?)

Archbishop Joseph Kariattil
(1782.12.16 – 1786.09.10)

Born:1742.05.05 (Alangad, India)
Ordained Priest:1766.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:1783.02.16
Died:1786.09.10 (1786.09.10, India † 44)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1782.12.16 – 1786.09.10)

Archbishop Salvator dos Reis, S.J.
(1756.07.19 – 1777.04.07)

Born:1702.03 (Settalcarias, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1758.02.05
Died:1777.04.07 († 75)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1756.07.19 – 1777.04.07)

Archbishop João Luis Vasconcellos, S.J.
(1751.03.06 – 1754.10.11)

Born:1702.10.25 (Lisboa, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1751?
Died:1754.10.11 († 51)

Titular Archbishop of Thermopylæ (1750.01.19 – 1751.03.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1750.01.19 – 1751.03.06)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1751.03.06 – 1754.10.11)

Archbishop Antonius Pimentel, S.J.
(1721.01.20 – 1751.03.06)

Born:1676 (Coimbra, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1721.03.01
Died:1751.03.06 († 74)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1721.01.20 – 1751.03.06)

Archbishop Joannes Ribeiro, S.J.
(1701.12.05 – 1716.01.24)

Born:1657 (Lisboa, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1703.07.29
Died:1716.01.24 (Ambalucatta, India † 58)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1701.12.05 – 1716.01.24)

Archbishop Didacus Álvares
(1694.04.19 – 1697.12.30)

Born:1654.07 (Lisboa, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1694.05.02
Died:1713.11.08 († 59)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1694.04.19 – 1697.12.30)

Archbishop Hieronymus de São Tiago, O.S.B.
(1689.02.07 – 1720.08.15)

Born:1645? (Porto, Portugal)
Died:1720.08.15 († 74)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1689.02.07 – 1720.08.15)

Bishop Alexander de Campo
(Apostolic Administrator 1666.07.03 – 1685.07.16)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Sebastiani, O.C.D.
(Apostolic Administrator 1659.12.16 – ?)

Archbishop Francisco Garcia Mendes, S.J.
(1641.12.02 – 1659.09.03)

Born:1580? (Alter de Chao, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1637.11.01
Died:1659.09.03 (Cranganore, India † 78)

Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1636.06.23 – 1641.12.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1636.06.23 – 1641.12.02)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1641.12.02 – 1659.09.03)

Archbishop Stephanus de Britto, S.J.
(1624.02.18 – 1641.12.02)

Born:1567? (Estremoz, Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1624.09.29
Died:1641.12.02 (Cranganore, India † 73)

Titular Archbishop of Salona (1621.01.11 – 1624.02.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1621.01.11 – 1624.02.18)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1624.02.18 – 1641.12.02)

Archbishop Francisco Rodríguez, S.J.
(1600 – 1624.02.18)

Born:1557 (Gerona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1587
Consecrated Bishop:1601.01.25
Died:1624.02.18 († 66)

Bishop of Angamalé (India) (1599.12.15 – 1600)

Archbishop of Cranganor (India) (1600 – 1624.02.18)

Bishops of Angamalé (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Francisco Rodríguez, S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1599.12.15 – 1600)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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