Linus Nirmal Gomes

Linus Nirmal Gomes, S.J. (7 September 1921 – 27 February 2021) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the first bishop of the newly established diocese of Baruipur since 1977. He retired in 1995.^[1]

The Right Reverend Linus Nirmal Gomes SJ
Bishop Emeritus of Baruipur
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Baruipur
See	Baruipur (emeritus)
Installed	31 October 1995
Other post(s)	Bishop of Baruipur.(1977-1995)
Orders
Ordination	21 November 1954
Consecration	19 November 1977 by Lawrence Trevor Picachy
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Linus Nirmal Gomes (1921-09-07)7 September 1921 Boro Gola
Died	27 February 2021(2021-02-27) (aged 99)
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Baruipur, West Bengal, India
Motto	Do Whatever He Tells You

Styles of Linus Nirmal Gomes
Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	The Right Reverend
Religious style	Bishop

Ordination history of Linus Nirmal Gomes
History Priestly ordination Date 21 November 1954 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Lawrence Trevor Picachy Co-consecrators Henry Sebastian D'Souza, Michael Atul D'Rozario Date 19 November 1977
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Linus Nirmal Gomes as principal consecrator Alphonsus F. D'Souza 17 May 1987

Gomes was born in the village of Boro Golla, Dhaka, East Bengal. He joined the Society of Jesus on 26 June 1942, and was ordained a priest on 21 November 1954. Gomes was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Baruipur on 30 May 1977 and ordained bishop on 19 November 1977. Gomes retired on 31 October 1995 as bishop of the Baruipur Diocese. He died in February 2021 at the age of 99.^[2]