Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most. Rev. Elias Frank as the new Archbishop of Calcutta. The announcement was made today in Vatican.
Rt. Rev. Elias Frank was born on 15 August 1962 in Bantwal, Karnataka, and belongs to the Diocese of Mangalore. He completed his early education in Modankap and Shillong before entering priestly formation at St. John Mary Vianney Minor Seminary in Barasat and later studied philosophy at Morning Star Regional Seminary, Barrackpore. He pursued his theological studies at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, where he also earned a licentiate and later a doctorate in Canon Law. Ordained as a priest on 23 April 1993 for the Archdiocese of Calcutta, he served in several parishes including Sacred Heart Church in Burdwan and St. Therese of Lisieux in Durgapur. He also contributed as a judge at the Inter-Diocesan Tribunal in Kolkata. Academically accomplished, Bishop Elias Frank has served as a professor of Canon Law in Rome since 2007 and is a visiting professor at the Alfonsian Academy. He has published books and scholarly articles, and held roles as an external judge and consultor for Vatican dicasteries.
