Patrick D'Rozario

Patrick D'Rozario, CSC (Bengali: প্যাট্রিক ডি'রোজারিও, romanized: Pyaṭrik ḍi'rojario; born 1 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Dhaka from 2011 to 2020. Pope Francis appointed him as a cardinal in 2016. Patrick D'Rozario is the very first Roman Catholic cardinal from Bangladesh.^[1] He led other dioceses in Bangladesh from 1995 to 2010.

His Eminence Patrick D'Rozario CSC
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Dhaka
Installed	22 October 2011
Term ended	30 September 2020
Predecessor	Paulinus Costa
Successor	Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Rajshahi (1990–1995) Bishop of Chittagong (1995–2010) Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka (2010–2011)
Orders
Ordination	8 October 1972
Consecration	12 September 1990 by Theotonius Gomes
Created cardinal	19 November 2016 by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Patrick D'Rozario (1943-10-01) 1 October 1943 (age 81) Padrishibpur, Barisal, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Denomination	Roman Catholicism
Motto	Joy in Communion

Ordination history of Patrick D'Rozario
History Priestly ordination Date 8 October 1972 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Theotonius Gomes, CSC Co-consecrators Michael Rozario Pietro Biggio Date 12 September 1990 Cardinalate Elevated by Pope Francis Date 19 November 2016
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Patrick D'Rozario as principal consecrator Lawrence Subrata Howlader, CSC 3 July 2003 James Romen Boiragi 15 June 2012 Shorot Francis Gomes 22 April 2016

Styles of Patrick D'Rozario, CSC
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal

Biography

Patrick D'Rozario was born on 1 October 1943 in Padrishibpur, Barisal, British India (now part of Bangladesh).^[2] He took his vows as a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross on 14 June 1962 and was ordained a priest by the Servant of God Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly on 8 October 1972.^[1]

On 21 May 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed D'Rozario the first Bishop of Rajshahi,^[3] a diocese newly created from the Diocese of Dinajpur. 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.^[4] On 25 November 2010, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka by Pope Benedict XVI.^[5][6] On 22 October 2011, he succeeded Archbishop Paulinus Costa as Archbishop of Dhaka.^[7][8]

As president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh, he attended the Synod on the Family in October 2014.^[9] He has also served as Chair of the Governing Body of Notre Dame College, Dhaka.^[10]

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 Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi.^[11] He was the second member of his order to join the College of Cardinals, after John O'Hara, Archbishop of Philadelphia, in 1958.^[1] Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 23 December 2017.^[12]

Pope Francis accepted D'Rozario's resignation as Archbishop of Dhaka on 30 September 2020.^[13]