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{{short description|Indian Catholic priest}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend
| name = Gerald John Mathias
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| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Bishop of Lucknow]]
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| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Lucknow]]
| appointed = 7 November 2018
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| predecessor = [[Albert D'Souza]]
| successor = ''Incumbent''
| ordination = 22 April 1979
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| consecration = 9 April 2000
| consecrated_by = [[Alan Basil de Lastic]]
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| birth_place = Kallianpur, Karnataka, India
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| nationality = Indian
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
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| alma_mater = [[Pontifical Lateran University]]
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Bishop '''Gerald John Mathias''' is the current serving bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholicdiocese-lucknow.com/news.php?id=332|title=Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|website=www.catholicdiocese-lucknow.com|access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-john-mathias/98|title=Bishop Gerald John Mathias {{!}} Bishop of Lucknow Diocese Gerald John Mathias {{!}} Ucanews|website=directory.ucanews.com|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408065755/http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/bishop-john-mathias/98|archive-date=2019-04-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Gerald was born on 20 September 1953 in [[Kallianpur]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mangaloreanconnection.com/dir/Lifestyle/Religious/Archbishops,047Apostolic_Nuncio,047Bishops/bishop_gerald_john_mathias_14450.html|title=Bishop Gerald John Mathias|website=www.mangaloreanconnection.com|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref> He did his early schooling from St Joseph’s School, [[Kallianpur]] and high school from St Aloysius High School, [[Mangalore]]. He studied at St. Paul's Minor Seminary, Lucknow and also at St. Charles major Seminary, Nagpur. He also holds a Doctorate in Moral Theology from [[Pontifical Lateran University|Lateran University, Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=42059|title=Lucknow: Bishop Gerald Mathias to take Charge of Diocese on Jan 4|website=www.daijiworld.com|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref>

== Priesthood ==
On 22 April 1979, Gerald was ordained a catholic priest. He was a professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at St Charles ' Seminary. He was also the vice-Rector of St Charles Seminary and the parish priest of St Joseph's Cathedral, [[Lucknow]].

== Episcopate ==
Gerald was appointed bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Simla and Chandigarh]] on 22 December 1999 and on 9 April 2000 he was consecrated by [[Alan Basil de Lastic]]. On 8 November 2007 he was appointed bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmathg.html|title=Bishop Gerald John Mathias [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-03-04}}</ref> by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India]]
[[Category:Pontifical Lateran University alumni]]
[[Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI]]

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