Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza is the current serving bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer ( la, Aimeren(sis)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Agra in northwestern India, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its c ...

, India.

Early life and education

Pius Thomas D'Souza was born in Agrar, Mangalore, India on 4 May 1954. He completed his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.

Priesthood

Pius was ordained a priest on 28 March 1982 for the diocese of Lucknow initially but later he was Incardinated to the diocese of Bareilly, India on 19 January 1989.

Episcopate

He was Appointed Bishop of Ajmer on 3 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI and consecrated by

Salvatore Pennacchio Salvatore Pennacchio (born 7 September 1952 in Marano, Italy) is a Catholic archbishop and diplomat of the Holy See, currently president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Biography He received his priestly ordination on 18 September ...

on 19 January 2013 at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Souza, Pius Thomas Living people 1954 births 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in India Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI Pontifical Urban University alumni