[1] He was succeeded by Thomas D'Souza, the current serving Archbishop of Calcutta.
[2] He was ordained as a priest on 20 April 1968 and was a member of the religious institute, the Salesians of Don Bosco.
[2] On 22 June 1984 he was appointed and on 22 September 1984 was consecrated as a Diocesan Bishop of Krishnagar.
After the retirement of Henry Sebastian D'Souza, he succeeded him on 2 April 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta.
[3] On 23 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation request made by Lucas Sirkar citing advanced age.