Joseph Suren Gomes

{{Short description|Indian Roman Catholic prelate (1944–2024)}}

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| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend

| name = Joseph Suren Gomes, SDB

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| title = Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar

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| church = Roman Catholic Church

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| metropolis = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta

| diocese = Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar

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| term_start = 17 April 2002

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| term_end = 17 April 2019

| predecessor = Lucas Sirkar, SDB

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| successor = Nirmol Vincent Gomes, SDB

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| ordination = 21 December 1974

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| consecration = 31 May 2002

| consecrated_by = Lucas Sirkar, SDB

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| birth_name = Joseph Suren Gomes

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|2|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hasnabad, Bengal Province, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|18|1944|2|14|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ranaghat, West Bengal, India

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| nationality = Indian

| religion = Roman Catholic

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| motto = In Deo confide

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| name = Joseph Suren Gomes

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• His Excellency
• The Most Reverend

| offstyle = Your Excellency

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Joseph Suren Gomes, SDB (14 February 1944 – 18 May 2024) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Krishnagar from 2002 to 2019 when he retired.[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/04/17/0199/00607.html RINUNCE E NOMINE, 17.04.2002] {{in lang|it}}[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/04/17/0324/00661.html#ri Rinunce e nomine, 17.04.2019] {{in lang|it}} Gomes died from heart failure in Ranaghat, on 18 May 2024, at the age of 80.[https://ccbi.in/bishop-joseph-gomes-passes-away/ Bishop Joseph Gomes Passes Away][https://www.rvasia.org/church-asia/remembering-bishop-joseph-gomes-life-service-and-faith-krishnagar Remembering Bishop Joseph Gomes: A Life of Service and Faith in Krishnagar]