Moses M. Costa, C.S.C. (17 November 1950 – 13 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong ( la, Archidioecesis Chittagongensis), renamed Chattogram on 28 December 2018, is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. The Archdiocese of Chittagong is the metropo ...

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. until his death on 13 July 2020.

Early life

Costa was born on 17 November 1950 in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Priesthood

Costa was ordained a holy priest of the

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on 5 February 1981.

Episcopate

On 5 July 1996, Costa was appointed bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur ( la, Dioecesis Dinaipurensis) is a diocese located in Dinajpur District, Rajshahi Division, in the Ecclesiastical province of Dhaka in Bangladesh. History * May 25, 1927: Established as Diocese of Dinajpu ...

and consecrated on 6 September 1996 by

Adriano Bernardini Adriano Bernardini (born 13 August 1942) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who occupied positions in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from the 1970s until he retired in 2017. His first assignment as Apostolic Nuncio was to Bangl ...

. On 6 April 2011 he was appointed bishop of the

and was installed on 27 May 2011. He was appointed Archbishop of the

on 2 February 2017 by

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Health and death

On 13 June 2020, Costa was admitted to hospital after resulting positive to

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. On 9 July 2020, Costa suffered a stroke, and was put on life support two days later. He died 13 July, due to complications of the stroke.Vatican news 15 July 2020
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References

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