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| honorific-prefix = Most Reverend<br />
| name = Joseph Suren Gomes, SDB<br />
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| title = Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar<br />
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
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| metropolis = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta]]<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar]]<br />
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| term_start = 17 April 2002<br />
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| term_end = 17 April 2019<br />
| predecessor = [[Lucas Sirkar]], [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]]<br />
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| successor = [[Nirmol Vincent Gomes]], [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]]<br />
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| ordination = 21 December 1974<br />
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| consecration = 31 May 2002<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Lucas Sirkar]], [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]]<br />
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| birth_name = Joseph Suren Gomes<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|2|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hasnabad]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|18|1944|2|14|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Ranaghat]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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'''Joseph Suren Gomes''', [[Salesians of Don Bosco|SDB]] (14 February 1944 – 18 May 2024) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Krishnagar|Krishnagar]] from 2002 to 2019 when he retired.<ref>[https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2002/04/17/0199/00607.html RINUNCE E NOMINE, 17.04.2002] {{in lang|it}}</ref><ref>[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}}</ref> Gomes died from heart failure in [[Ranaghat]], on 18 May 2024, at the age of 80.<ref>[https://ccbi.in/bishop-joseph-gomes-passes-away/ Bishop Joseph Gomes Passes Away]</ref><ref>[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]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsugo.html Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B. at Catholic Hierarchy]<br />
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