Former Prelates

HISTORICAL LEADERSHIP

Former Prelates

Remembering the shepherds who shaped our diocesan history.

Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez VG
01 FORMER PRELATE

Valeriano Guemes Rodriguez, C.M.

Appointed

2 July 1929

Resigned

Passed away

1932

Florencio Sanz Esparza FS
02 FORMER PRELATE

Florencio Sanz Esparza, C.M.

Appointed

11 November 1932

Resigned

4 March 1948

Passed away

10 June 1987

Paul Tobar Gonzbles PT
03 FORMER PRELATE

Paul Tobar Gonzbles, C.M.

Appointed

10 March 1949

Resigned

Passed away

18 April 1971

Henry Sebastian D'Souza HD
04 FORMER PRELATE

Henry Sebastian D'Souza

Appointed

24 January 1974

Transferred

29 March 1985

Passed away

27 June 2016

Raphael Cheenath RC
05 FORMER PRELATE

Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.

Appointed

1 July 1985

Retired

11 February 2011

Passed away

14 August 2016