Bishop Rozario Menezes, S.M.M. is the current serving bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, in Papua New Guinea. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to the status of a diocese in 1966.
History
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Papua New Guinea
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Early life and education
Rozario was born on 30 August 1969 in
Virajpet
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Karnataka
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, India to .
He studied
psychology
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and counselling at the International Institute of Integral Human Sciences in
Montreal
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Canada
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.
Priesthood
On 31 May 1992, Rozario became a professed member of the
Missionaries of the Company of Mary
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and was
ordained
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a priest on 4 November 1999.
Episcopate
Rozario was appointed bishop of
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lae is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, in Papua New Guinea. It was erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1959 and elevated to the status of a diocese in 1966.
History
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on 10 October 2018 by
Pope Francis
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and consecrated by
John Ribat on 15 December 2018.
See also
List of Catholic bishops of India
The following is a list of living Catholic bishops of India sorted by ecclesiastical province and diocese. The bishops of India include two major archbishops, one each of the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara church, and one of the four titula ...
References
External links
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Living people
1969 births
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Papua New Guinea
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
Roman Catholic bishops of Lae
Indian expatriates in Papua New Guinea
Expatriate bishops