Lawrence Picachy
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Calcutta, West Bengal | |
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Parents | Edwin Pieaehy (Father) May McCue Pieaehy(Mother) |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Jamshedpur.(1962-1969) Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur.(1969-1970) Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta .(1969-1986) President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.(1976-1982) Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria.(1976-19902) |
Alma mater | St.Joseph College, Dajeerling. |
Motto | Adveniat Regnum Tuum(Latin) Thy Kingdom Come(English) |
Styles of Lawrence Trevor Picachy | |
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Your Eminence | |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Calcutta (Emeritus) |
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Lawrence Trevor Picachy (7 August 1916 – 30 November 1992), was an Indian
cardinalate
in 1976.
Biography
Cardinal Pichachy was born in Darjeeling of Irish Catholic parents who had immigrated to India in 1911. After completing the Higher Secondary Cambridge course at
Basanti
.
On 12 July 1962, Picachy was appointed the first
episcopal consecration on the following 9 September from Archbishop James Knox, with Archbishop Pius Kerketta, S.J., and Bishop Augustine Wildermuth, S.J., serving as co-consecrators. Picachy attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to Archbishop of Calcutta on 29 May 1969. He was later named President of the Indian Episcopal Conference
in 1976.
October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II
respectively. He resigned his post as Archbishop on 5 April 1986, after sixteen years of service.
The Cardinal died in Calcutta, at age 76. He is buried at the Jesuit Dhyanashram cemetery in Thakurpukur, Calcutta.
Writings
- (in English) (as Trevor Picachy) A Great Achievement: Episcopal Silver Jubilee Souvenir of His Grace, Dr. Ferdinand Perier, S.J., D.D., Archbishop of Calcutta, December 21, 1921—December 21, 1946 (Calcutta: Catholic Association of Bengal, 1946)