Media Release
Bengaluru, May 12: Pope Francis has appointed Fr Wilfred Gregory Moras (55), of the clergy of Lucknow, as the coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Currently he is the rector of the St Joseph’s Regional Seminary, in the diocese of Allahabad.
Fr Wilfred Gregory Moras was born on February 13, 1969 in Neerude, in the diocese of Mangalore and studied philosophy and theology at St Joseph’s Regional Seminary in the diocese of Allahabad. He was ordained priest on April 27, 1997 for the diocese of Lucknow.
He has served as a trainer at St Paul’s Minor Seminary in Lucknow (1997-1999); bishop’s secretary (1999-2002); vice president of St Ann’s School in Palia (2002-2003); bachelor of studies in missiology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome (2003-2006); chairman and director of the St Francis School and Hostel in Nigohan (2007-2008); chairman of St Anthony’s School in Barabanki (2008-2013); doctorate in missiology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome (2013-2016); and director of the Nav Sadhna Regional Pastoral Centre in Varanasi (2017-2021). From 2021, he is the rector of St Joseph’s Regional Seminary in Allahabad.