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By Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: Retired Jesuit Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, the oldest Catholic prelate of India, died February 27 in Kolkata. He was 99. Bishop Gomes, the first prelate of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal, died at 3 am in the infirmary of Kolkata’s St Xavier’s College where he wasContinue Reading

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By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Sept 7, 2020: Jesuit Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes, the first prelate of Baruipur diocese in West Bengal and pioneer of Jesuit mission in Bangladesh, turned a centenarian on September 7. “Our bishop is celebrating his 100th birthday today. He is the seniormost bishop in India,”Continue Reading