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Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Auxiliary Bishop, Archbishop of Bombay
Agnelo Rufino Gracias at Our Lady of Lourdes, Orlem, Malad
SeeBombay (retired)
Appointed13 March 2001
Installed13 March 2001
Other post(s)Chairman, CBCI Family Commission
Archdiocesan Consulter
Pontifical Commissary Heralds of Good News
Chairman, CCBI Doctrinal Commission
Rector of St Pius X College, Goregaon
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Molicunza(2001)
Orders
Ordination21 December 1962
Consecration21 April 2001
by Ivan Dias
RankAuxiliary Bishop-Priest
Personal details
Born (1939-07-30) 30 July 1939 (age 85)
NationalityIndian
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materSt Pius X College, Mumbai
Styles of
Agnelo Rufino Gracias
Reference styleArchbishop
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleThe Most Reverend

Agnelo Rufino Gracias (born 30 July 1939 in Mombasa) is the Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay. Gracias was appointed administrator of the diocese of Jalandhar in place of Bishop Franco Mulakkal. Archbishop of Bombay Oswald Cardinal Gracias, as president of the CBCI (Catholic Bishops' Conference of India) issued a statement announcing the appointment. 

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