Lumen Monteiro
Most Reverend Lumen Monteiro | |||||||||||||||
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| Bishop of Agartala | |||||||||||||||
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| Diocese | Agartala | ||||||||||||||
| Appointed | 11 January 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Diocese erected | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 February 1952 | ||||||||||||||
| Motto | Lead Us Onwards | ||||||||||||||
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Lumen Monteiro (born 1 February 1952) is an Indian prelate of the Catholic Church, who serves as the bishop of the Latin Catholic Diocese of Agartala.[2]
Early life
[edit]Monteiro was born on 1 February 1952 in Calangute, Goa, India.[1]
Priesthood
[edit]Monteiro joined the Congregation of Holy Cross and professed his vows on 30 May 1974 and was ordained as a priest on 28 October 1980.
Episcopate
[edit]Pope John Paul II appointed Monteiro as bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Agartala on 11 January 1996 and he received his episcopal consecration on 26 May 1996.[1] His episcopal motto is "Lead Us Onward."
From 1997 to 2001, Monteiro was chairman of the CCBI Commission on Ecumenism.[3]
From 18 October 2000 to 2 October 2001, Monteiro served as apostolic administrator of the neighboring diocese of Aizawl after its bishop, Denzil Reginald D'Souza, became ill and retired.[4][1]
He chaired the North Eastern Diocesan Social Forum and was a representative of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India on the Governing Body of Caritas India.[5]
He was also the chairman of the CCBI office for Healthcare for one term from 2023 to 2026.[6] He previously served as chairman of Caritas India[7] for two terms until February 2020.[citation needed]
Gallery
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Bishop Lumen Monteiro, C.S.C.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. 29 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ↑ "Diocese of Agartala, India". GCatholic. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ "Ecumenism". Conference of Catholic Bishops of India. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ "Appointment of native bishop shows Church's maturity officials say". UCA News. 6 December 2001. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Bishop Monterio became the administrator of neighboring Aizawl diocese when its first bishop Denzil D´Souza became ill in May 2000.
- ↑ "Bishop of Agartala Diocese Lumen Monteiro". UCA News. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ "Bishop Lumen Elected as the New Chairman of CBCI Office for the Healthcare [sic]". Diocese of Agartala. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ↑ "Caritas India seeks to get volunteers from other religions". UCA News. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Monteiro, Lumen. "'Matters India' Interviews Bishop Lumen Monteiro CSC". Diocese of Agartala (Interview). Interviewed by Irudhaya Jothi. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
External links
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Quotations related to Lumen Monteiro at Wikiquote
Media related to Lumen Monteiro at Wikimedia Commons- Monteiro profile at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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