Lucas Sirkar
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Lucas Sirkar, SDB is an Indian Roman Catholic priest, and the retired Archbishop of Calcutta[1]. He was succeeded by Thomas D'Souza, the current serving Archbishop of Calcutta.
He was ordained as a priest on 20 April 1968[2] and is a member of the religious institute, the Salesians of Don Bosco.
On April 14, 2000, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta. After the retirement of Henry Sebastian D'Souza, he succeeded him on April 2, 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta[3]. On February 23, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation request made by Lucas Sirkar citing advanced age.