He also holds a Doctorate in Moral Theology from Lateran University, Rome.
[4] On 22 April 1979, Gerald was ordained a catholic priest.
He was a professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at St Charles ' Seminary.
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[5] by Pope Benedict XVI.