Max Rodrigues
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{{short description|Catholic bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = His Grace
| name = Max John Rodrigues
| title = Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad
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| caption =
| church = Roman Catholic
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see = Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad (Emeritus)
| term = 2000–2014
| predecessor = Joseph Coutts
| successor = Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.
| ordination = 6 January 1966
| ordained_by = Pope Paul VI
| consecration = 25 March 2000
| consecrated_by = Simeon Anthony Pereira
| rank =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1938|5|29}}
| birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan
| death_date =
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| previous_post = Principal, St Paul’s High School
| nationality = Pakistani
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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.{{cite web |title =UCANews.com |date=4 April 2000| url=http://www.ucanews.com/2000/04/04/new-bishop-of-hyderabad-ordained/?key=hyderabad+diocese+pakistan}} On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Hyderabad by Pope John Paul II,{{cite web |title = Catholic Hierarchy| url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bromj.html}} 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.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}
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.[https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Asian-Mission-Congress:-the-courage-to-witness-Christ-in-Pakistan-7499.html Asianews.it] 17 October 2006.
Rodrigues has worked on raising the status of women, often treated as chattels and not educated. Attitudes changed, and girls are sent to school.{{cite web|title =Catholic Outreach in Islamic Pakistan|url =http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=28471|access-date =5 July 2009|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100712/http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=28471|archive-date =6 June 2011|url-status =dead}}
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.[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2014%2F12%2F16%2F0964%2F02079.html Vatican Press], 16 December 2014.
On 31 January 2015, he was the principal consecrator of his successor Samson Shukardin.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bshukar.html Catholic Hierarchy Accessed 14 April 2019]
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