Patrick D'Rozario
{{Short description|Bangladeshi prelate}}
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| name = Patrick D'Rozario
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| title = Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka
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| term_start = 22 October 2011
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| term_end = 30 September 2020
| predecessor = Paulinus Costa
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| successor = Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze
| other_post = Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi (2016–)
| ordination = 8 October 1972
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| consecration = 12 September 1990
| consecrated_by = Theotonius Gomes
| cardinal = 19 November 2016
| created_cardinal_by = Pope Francis
| rank = Cardinal-Priest
| birth_name = Patrick D'Rozario
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Padrishibpur, Barisal, British India
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| nationality = Bangladeshi
| religion = Roman Catholicism
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| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Rajshahi (1990–1995)|Bishop of Chittagong (1995–2010)|Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka (2010–2011)}}
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| motto = Joy in Communion
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| date of priestly ordination = 8 October 1972
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| consecrated by = Theotonius Gomes, CSC
| co-consecrators = Michael Rozario
Pietro Biggio
| date of consecration = 12 September 1990
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| elevated by = Pope Francis
| date of elevation = 19 November 2016
| bishop 1 = Lawrence Subrata Howlader, CSC
| consecration date 1 = 3 July 2003
| bishop 2 = James Romen Boiragi
| consecration date 2 = 15 June 2012
| bishop 3 = Shorot Francis Gomes
| consecration date 3 = 22 April 2016
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Patrick D'Rozario, CSC ({{langx|bn|প্যাট্রিক ডি'রোজারিও|translit=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.{{cite news | publisher = Congregation of Holy Cross | access-date = 1 October 2020 | url = https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/archbishop-patrick-drozario-named-cardinal-by-pope-francis/ | date= 10 October 2016 | title = Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario Named a Cardinal by Pope Francis }} He led other dioceses in Bangladesh from 1995 to 2010.
Biography
Patrick D'Rozario was born on 1 October 1943 in Padrishibpur, Barisal, British India (now part of Bangladesh). {{cite news|last1=Corraya|first1=Sumon|title=Cardinal-designate Patrick D'Rozario: My appointment is 'a gift for Bangladesh'|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Cardinal-designate-Patrick-D%27Rozario:-My-appointment-is-a-gift-for-Bangladesh-38809.html|access-date=24 October 2017|work=Asia News|date=10 October 2016}} 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.
On 21 May 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed D'Rozario the first Bishop of Rajshahi,{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf | date= 1990 | volume = LXXXII | page = 1019 | access-date = 1 October 2020}} 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.{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-87-1995-ocr.pdf | date= 1995 | volume = LXXXVII | page = 393 | access-date = 1 October 2020}} On 25 November 2010, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka by Pope Benedict XVI.{{cite press release | access-date = 30 September 2020 | date= 25 November 2010| publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2010 | language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/11/25/0734/01684.html }}{{cite news|title=Dhaka gets new coadjutor archbishop: Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario says he is ready to meet challenges of new office|date=26 January 2011|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2011/01/26/dhaka-gets-new-coadjutor-archbishop/|publisher=Union of Catholic Asian News}}. On 22 October 2011, he succeeded Archbishop Paulinus Costa as Archbishop of Dhaka.{{cite press release | access-date = 30 September 2020 | date= 22 October 2011| publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 22.10.2011 | language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2011/10/22/0626/01478.html}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208145|title=Patrick new chief of Catholic Church|date=27 October 2011| work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)}}
As president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh, he attended the Synod on the Family in October 2014.{{cite web | access-date = 1 October 2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/09/0620/01370.html | language = it | title = III Assemblea Generale Straordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (5–19 ottobre 2014): Elenco dei Partecipanti, 09.09.2014 | publisher = Holy See Press Office |date= 9 September 2014 }} He has also served as Chair of the Governing Body of Notre Dame College, Dhaka.{{cite news | publisher= Congregation of Holy Cross | access-date = 1 October 2020 | title = Notre Dame College in Dhaka Celebrates its 70th Anniversary | date= 20 February 2019 | url = https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/notre-dame-college-in-dhaka-celebrates-its-70th-anniversary/ }}
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.{{cite press release| publisher=Holy See Press Office | date = 19 November 2016 | access-date= 19 November 2016| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/11/19/161119b.html | title=Titular churches and diaconates of the new cardinals, 19.11.2016}} He was the second member of his order to join the College of Cardinals, after John O'Hara, Archbishop of Philadelphia, in 1958. Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 23 December 2017.{{cite press release| publisher =Holy See Press Office | date= 23 December 2017 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/12/23/171223a.html | access-date =25 December 2017| title = Resignations and Appointments, 23.12.2017}}
Pope Francis accepted D'Rozario's resignation as Archbishop of Dhaka on 30 September 2020.{{cite press release | access-date = 30 September 2020 | date= 30 September 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 30.09.2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/09/30/200930c.html }}
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- {{cite web| access-date = 24 October 2017| title= D'Rozario Card. Patrick, C.S.C. |publisher= Holy See Press Office | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_d-rozario_p.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062423/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_d-rozario_p.html }}
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ Catholic Hierarchy]
- [http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/news/71620-holy-cross-celebrates-cardinal-patrick-drosario/ Holy Cross Congregation]
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