Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X. is a prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Blair The Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Blair ( la, Portus Blairen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Port Blair in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ranchi, Ranchi in India. History * June 22, 1984: Established a ...

, India, from 1985 to 2019.

Biography

Aleixo was born in

Calangute Calangute is a town in the North Goa district of the Indian state of Goa. It is famous for its beach, the largest in North Goa and a popular tourist destination. The peak tourist season is during Christmas and New Year, and during the summer in ...

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

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on 5 August 1944 to Francisco Xavier Dias and Feliza Clara Dias. He did his basic schooling from Little Flower of Jesus High School,

. He joined All India Mission Seminary, Pilar

in 1956. Aleixo was ordained a priest of Society of the Missionaries of Saint Francis Xavier on 21 December 1969. He served as the rector of the All India Mission Seminary, Pilar, in Goa. He completed his

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in sociology in

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in 1976. In 1980, he acquired a

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s in

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. Aleixo was appointed the first bishop of

Port Blair Port Blair () is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. It is also the local administrative sub-division (''tehsil'') of the islands, the headquarters for the district of South An ...

on 22 June 1984 by

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and received his episcopal consecration on 20 January 1985 from Pius Kerketta, S.J., Archbishop of Ranchi.

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accepted his resignation on 6 January 2019.

References

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