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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]]
| name = Lawrence Trevor ''Cardinal'' Picachy
| honorific_suffix = [[Society of Jesus|SJ]]
| title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta]]
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archdiocese of Calcutta]]
| province = [[Calcutta]]
| metropolis = [[Calcutta]]
| diocese =
| see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Calcutta]] ([[emeritus]])
| term_start = 5 April 1986
| term_end = 29 November 1992
| predecessor = Albert Vincent D'Souza
| successor = [[Henry Sebastian D'Souza]]
| opposed =
| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Maria.'''''(1976-1992)'''''

| ordination = 21 November 1947
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| consecration = 9 September 1962
| consecrated_by = [[James Robert Knox|Archbishop James Robert Knox]]
| cardinal = 24 May 1976
| created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Paul VI]]
| rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]]

| birth_name = Lawrence Trevor Picachy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|08|07|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Lebong]], [[West Bengal]].
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|11|29|1916|08|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]
| buried = Jesuit Dhyanashram Cemetery, Thakurpukur.
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|22.4616|N|88.3062|E|}}
| nationality = Indian
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| residence = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]]
| parents = Edwin Pieaehy '''''(Father)''''' May McCue Pieaehy'''''(Mother)'''''
| previous_post = Bishop of Jamshedpur.'''''(1962-1969)''''' Apostolic Administrator of Jamshedpur.'''''(1969-1970)''''' Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta .'''''(1969-1986)''''' [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India]].'''''(1976-1982)''''' Cardinal-Priest of S. Cuore di Maria.'''(1976-19902)'''
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| alma_mater = St.Joseph College, Dajeerling.
| motto = Adveniat Regnum Tuum('''''Latin''''') Thy Kingdom Come'''''(English)'''''
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| name= Lawrence Trevor Picachy
| dipstyle= [[His Eminence]]
| offstyle=[[His Eminence|Your Eminence]]
| relstyle= [[Cardinal]]
| See=Calcutta ([[Emeritus]])|
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| date of diaconal ordination =
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| date of priestly ordination = 21 November 1947
| place of priestly ordination =
| consecrated by = [[James Robert Knox|Archbishop James Robert Knox]]
| co-consecrators = Archbishop Pius Kerketta, Bishop Augustine Francis Wildermuth.
| date of consecration = 9 September 1962
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| elevated by = [[Pope Paul VI]]
| date of elevation = 24 May 1976
| sources =
| bishop 1 = Bishop [[Denzil Reginald D’Souza]]
| consecration date 1 = 23 November 1969
| bishop 2 = Bishop James Anthony Toppo
| consecration date 2 = 17 October 1961
| bishop 3 = Bishop Matthew Baroi, S.D.B
| consecration date 3 = 15 December 1973
| bishop 4 = Bishop Linus Nirmal Gomes
| consecration date 4 = 19 November 1977
| bishop 5 = Bishop Philip Ekka S.J.
| consecration date 5 = 26 February 1978
| bishop 6 = Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.
| consecration date 6 = 21 June 1980
| bishop 7 = Bishop John Baptist Thakur, S.J.
| consecration date 7 = 24 June 1940
}}

'''Lawrence Trevor Picachy''' (7 August 1916 – 30 November 1992), was an [[India]]n [[Jesuit]] [[Catholic priesthood|priest]], spiritual guide of [[Mother Teresa]], and later [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop of Calcutta]] (1969 to 1992). He was elevated to the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]] in 1976.

==Biography==
Cardinal Pichachy was born in Darjeeling of Irish Catholic parents who had immigrated to India in 1911. After completing the Higher Secondary Cambridge course at [[St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling|St. Joseph's School]] in Darjeeling, Picachy entered the [[Society of Jesus]], more commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1934. Novitiate training in [[St. Stanislaus College (India)|St. Stanislaus College]] ([[Jharkhand]]), was followed by Philosophical studies at Sacred Heart College in [[Kodaikanal|Shembaganur]]. After a stint as a teacher in [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], he spent four years at [[Vidyajyoti College of Theology|St. Mary College]] ([[Kurseong]]) for the [[Theology|Theological]] studies preparing for the priesthood. Picachy was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the priesthood on 21 November 1947, and served as a professor and [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of St Xavier's (school and college), in Calcutta, from 1950 to 1960, whence he began [[Parish (Catholic Church)|pastoral]] work in [[Basanti (South 24 Parganas)|Basanti]].

On 12 July 1962, Picachy was appointed the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jamshedpur|Bishop of Jamshedpur]] by [[Pope John XXIII]]. He received his [[Bishop (Catholicism)|episcopal consecration]] on the following 9 September from Archbishop [[James Knox]], with Archbishop [[Pius Kerketta]], S.J., and Bishop [[Augustine Wildermuth]], S.J., serving as [[Consecrator|co-consecrators]]. Picachy attended the [[Second Vatican Council]] from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta|Archbishop of Calcutta]] on 29 May 1969. He was later named President of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|Indian Episcopal Conference]] in 1976.

[[Pope Paul VI]] created him [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal Priest]] of ''[[Sacro Cuore di Maria]]'' in the [[Papal consistory|consistory]] of 24 May 1976. Picachy was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclaves, August and October 1978|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave|conclaves]] of [[Papal conclave, August 1978|August]] and [[Papal conclave, October 1978|October 1978]], which selected [[Pope John Paul I|Popes John Paul I]] and [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] respectively. He resigned his post as Archbishop on 5 April 1986, after sixteen years of service.

The Cardinal died in Calcutta, at age 76. He is buried at the Jesuit Dhyanashram cemetery in [[Thakurpukur]], Calcutta.

==Writings==
* {{in lang|en}} (as Trevor Picachy) ''A Great Achievement: Episcopal Silver Jubilee Souvenir of His Grace, Dr. [[Ferdinand Perier]], S.J., D.D., Archbishop of Calcutta, December 21, 1921—December 21, 1946'' (Calcutta: Catholic Association of Bengal, 1946)
*

==External links==
*[http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-p.htm#Picachy Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church]
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bpicachy.html Catholic-Hierarchy]

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