His Grace

Max John Rodrigues
Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad
ChurchRoman Catholic
SeeRoman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad (Emeritus)
In office2000–2014
PredecessorJoseph Coutts
SuccessorSamson Shukardin, O.F.M.
Orders
Ordination6 January 1966
by Pope Paul VI
Consecration25 March 2000
by Simeon Anthony Pereira
Personal details
Born (1938-05-29) 29 May 1938
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Previous post(s)Principal, St Paul’s High School

Max John Rodrigues was born in Karachi, Pakistan (then British India), 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.

Career

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 Saint Francis of Assisi 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] and consecrated on 25 March 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 Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 18 to 11 October 2006.[3]

Rodrigues has worked on raising the status of women, often treated as chattels and not educated. Attitudes changed, and girls are sent to school.[4]

Rodrigues's resignation as bishop due to his age was accepted by Pope Francis on 16 December 2014; that same day, Pope Francis appointed the Diocese's Vicar General, a Franciscan, Samson Shukardin OFM, VG, as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Hyderabad.[5]

On 31 January 2015, he was the principal consecrator of his successor Samson Shukardin.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "UCANews.com". 4 April 2000.
  2. ↑ "Catholic Hierarchy".
  3. ↑ Asianews.it 17 October 2006.
  4. ↑ "Catholic Outreach in Islamic Pakistan". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  5. ↑ Vatican Press, 16 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy Accessed 14 April 2019


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