Gilbert Blaize Rego | |
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| Bishop of the Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh (emeritus) | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Simla and Chandigarh |
| See | Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh |
| In office | 1971–1999 |
| Retired | 10 November 1999 |
| Predecessor | Alfred Fernández |
| Successor | Gerald John Mathias |
| Previous post(s) | Prelate |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 December 1953 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1921 |
| Died | 21 June 2012 (aged 90) Mumbai, India |
Gilbert Blaize Rego (3 September 1921 – 21 June 2012) was an Indian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained as a priest at 32 years of age in 1953,[1][2][3] and he served for 18 years before being ordained as a bishop of the Diocese of Shimla-Chandigarh, India at age 50, in 1971. As a new bishop, his presence was needed in the new city of Chandigarh when he undertook the decision to shift the residence from the headquarters of Shimla to Chandigarh, even though it lacked a physical church.[4][5] Rego fulfilled the holy orders, representing the catholic church in its doctrines as he shepherded the new flocks. He sanctified the congregation, while he also governed and administered in church planting and missionary fields[6][7] through his support and assistance to missionary groups under his pastoral guidance until the age of 78, when he retired in 1999.
Rego was seen as a bishop of the masses, a missionaries bishop dedicated himself to the church and the poor.[4][8] In his retirement at the Clergy Home, Mumbai, the bishop Emeritus, suffered from Alzheimer's disease until his death at the age of 90 in 2012.[9][10]
- ^ The Catholic Directory of India -Page 421 printed 1972, Rego, DOB and ordination dates (1972). The Catholic Directory of India. University of California – Catholic Church. Bishops' Conference of India: C.B.C.I. Centre. p. 421.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hambye, Edward René (1973). The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India. St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India. p. 241.
- ^ Vaz, J. Clement (1997). Profiles of Eminent Goans, Past and Present. Concept Publishing Company. p. 68. ISBN 978-81-7022-619-2.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ UCA Union of Catholic Asian News (28 April 2023). "Simla-Chandigarh Diocese | Diocese of Simla-Chandigarh | Ucanews". ucanews.com. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Himmat – Vo 16 Page 4, Gilbert Rego – a champion then for healthcare for the poor (1979). Himmat (volume 16 ed.). R.M. Lala. p. 4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Social Welfare – 1vol 21–22, pg 8 -1976, (social works – plans for lepers) (1976). Social Welfare. Central Social Welfare Board. p. 8.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Vatican Radio, (Ref. to Bishop Gilbert B. Rego's death) (3 November 2012). "Pope Speaks of Our Relationship with Death and the Dead". archivioradiovaticana.va. Retrieved 8 June 2023.