- Max John Rodrigues
-
Max John Rodrigues Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad Church Roman Catholic See Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad In Office 2000 – Predecessor Joseph Coutts Orders Ordination 6 January 1966 Personal details Born May 29, 1938
Karachi, PakistanPrevious post Principal, St Paul’s High School Max John Rodrigues was born in Karachi, Pakistan on 29 May 1938. He entered the seminary in 1957 and spent seven years of his priestly formation at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. He was ordained a priest by Pope Paul VI at St. Peter's Basilica on 6 January 1966. Among his many appointments was serving as Assistant Parish Priest at St Francis’ Parish, Karachi and Principal of St Paul’s High School from 1984 to 2000.[1] On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Hyderabad by Pope John Paul II.[2]
The new Bishop of Hyderabad was consecrated March 25, 2000 by Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira of Karachi in the presence of the papal nuncio to Pakistan. An apostolic letter from Pope John Paul II was read before the ordination.
He was one of the 6 delegates from the Pakistani Church participating in the Asia Mission Congress in Chang Mai, Thailand from October 18–22, 2006.[3]
The Bishop has been at the forefront of encouraging pastoral work that is revolutionizing attitudes towards women. The Diocese pastoral teams have changed the way that people think, and uplifted the status of women – women were seen as chattel, they had never sent girls to school as they didn’t see the value in educating them, but now they send them to school as well.[4]
References
- ^ "UCANews.com April 4, 2000". http://www.ucanews.com/2000/04/04/new-bishop-of-hyderabad-ordained/?key=hyderabad+diocese+pakistan.
- ^ "Catholic Hierarchy". http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bromj.html.
- ^ Asianews.it October 17, 2006
- ^ "Catholic Outreach in Islamic Pakistan". http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=28471.
Categories:- People of Portuguese descent
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan
- People from Karachi
- Patricians (St Patrick's High School, Karachi)
- Pakistani Roman Catholic priests
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
- People from Goa
- Pakistani Roman Catholic bishops
- Pakistani people stubs
- Roman Catholic bishop stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
