Punjabi,
Hebrew
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,
Greek
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,
Latin
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,
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,
French and
Konkani.
Career
Father Pinto taught Sacred Scripture at Christ the King Seminary and from 1987 to 1993
was pastor of
St. Lawrence’s Church, Karachi
St. Lawrence's Church, Karachi is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. It became a parish in 1912.The Christian Voice, Karachi, August 09, 2009
History
It was the architects of Cincinnatus Town that first “gave priority to the bui ...
.
He obtained a doctorate in biblical
theology
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at the
Urbanian University,
Rome
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, and a master's degree in sacred
scripture
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at the
"Biblicum". On 17 February 2000 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi by Pope
John Paul II
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. He became Archbishop of Karachi on 5 January 2004 on the retirement of the incumbent
Archbishop
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Simeon Anthony Pereira
Simeon Anthony Pereira (19 October 1927, Sukkur, British India - 22 August 2006, Karachi) was a former archbishop of Karachi.
Life
Pereira was educated at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He received his religious training at the Papal Semin ...
. The seat of the
Archdiocese of Karachi
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is at
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi
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. He selected as his motto "Preach the Good News to the Poor".
On 30 April 2006 the Archdiocese attended the first-ever Catholic film screened in Pakistan. It was presented as "a historical moment" to the 450 guests at the premier of Muhjza
iracle held in
St Paul's Parish, Azam Basti.
In April 2008 Pinto performed the groundbreaking on the 2,044 square meter site of the new
St. Pius X Minor Seminary.
The 12th General Ordinary Assembly of the
Synod
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of Bishops took place in Rome from 5–26 October 2008. Archbishop Pinto represented the
Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan at the Synod.
In July 2011, Pinto attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the new St. John Marie Vianney Church in St Paul's Parish, Azam Basti. The Archdiocese plans to construct five new Churches in 2011.
On 25 January 2012, Archbishop Pinto resigned after reaching the age of 75. Pope
Benedict XVI
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appointed Bishop
Joseph Coutts
Joseph Coutts (born 21 July 1945) is a Pakistani prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Karachi from 2012 to 2021. He served as Bishop of Faisalabad from 1998 to 2012.
Pope Francis created Coutts a cardinal on 28 June ...
of Faisalabad as his replacement.
Post-retirement
After retirement Pinto spends much of his time writing books on Catholicism. He is the author of 31 books in English and many of these have been translated into Urdu.
References
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1933 births
Living people
Goan Catholics
Pakistani people of Goan descent
People from Karachi
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Pakistan
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