Patrick D'Rozario,

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( bn, প্যাট্রিক ডি'রোজারিও, translit=Pyaṭrik ḍi'rojario; born 1 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dhaka from 2011 to 2020. He became a

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in 2016, the first from Bangladesh. He led other dioceses in Bangladesh from 1995 to 2010.

Biography

Patrick D'Rozario was born on 1 October 1943 in Padrishibpur,

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(now part of

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). He took his vows as a member of the

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on 14 June 1962 and was ordained a priest by the

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Archbishop

Theotonius Amal Ganguly Theotonious Amal Ganguly, CSC, (18 January 1920, in Hashnabad, Bangladesh – 2 September 1977) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka from 1967 until his death on 2 September 1977. Archbishop Ganguly was a religious of the Congregation o ...

on 8 October 1972. On 21 May 1990,

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appointed D'Rozario the first Bishop of

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

, a diocese newly created from the

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. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 September 1990 from Bishop Theotonius Gomes of Dinajpur. On 3 February 1995, Pope John Paul named him Bishop of

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

. On 25 November 2010, he was appointed

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of Dhaka by

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. On 22 October 2011, he succeeded Archbishop

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as Archbishop of Dhaka. As president of the

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, he attended the Synod on the Family in October 2014. He has also served as Chair of the Governing Body of

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. Pope Francis raised D'Rozario to the rank of cardinal at a consistory held on 19 November 2016. He was given the rank of Cardinal-Priest and assigned the titular church of

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. He was the second member of his order to join the

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, after

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, Archbishop of Philadelphia, in 1958. Francis made him a member of the

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on 23 December 2017. Pope Francis accepted D'Rozario's resignation as Archbishop of Dhaka on 30 September 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Rozario, Patrick Living people 1943 births Roman Catholic archbishops of Dhaka 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Bangladesh Cardinals created by Pope Francis Congregation of Holy Cross bishops Congregation of Holy Cross cardinals Bangladeshi cardinals Anglo-Indian people Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bangladesh Bangladeshi Roman Catholic bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Chittagong Roman Catholic bishops of Rajshahi