Oswald Gracias is an Indian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Gracias was born on 24 December 1944 in Bombay. He recognizes himself as a Goan Catholic. He studied at St. Michael's School in Mahim and joined St. Xavier's College, in Mumbai. After a year, he entered the Seminary of St. Pius X in Bombay, where he studied philosophy and theology
Gracias attended the Pontifical Urbaniana University from 1976 to 1982. He obtained a doctorate in canon law and a diploma in jurisprudence. From 1982, he was the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Bombay. He also taught in the seminaries of Bombay, Poona, and Bangalore as a visiting professor. He was also president of the Canon Law Society of India.
Gracias was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay by Pope John Paul II on 28 June 1997. Pope John Paul named Gracias Archbishop of Agra on 7 September 2000. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Bombay on 14 October 2006.
Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would elevate Gracias and twenty-two other prelates to the College of Cardinals on 17 October 2007. Pope Benedict named him a member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts on 6 May 2008 and of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on 6 July 2010,
Gracias was elected secretary general of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) by the presidents of its 19 constituent bishops conferences representing 28 Asian countries.
He was appointed to the Council of Cardinal Advisers, a group established by Pope Francis to advise him and to study a plan for revising the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia on 13 April 2013.
Pope Francis renewed Gracias's term on the Council of Cardinal Advisers on 15 October 2020. (Collected from public domain)
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