Patrick Cardinal D’Rozario, C.S.C.

Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Motto: Joy In Communion

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Oct 1943		Born
14 Jun 1962	18.7	Professed	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross
1 Jan 1971	27.2	Perpetual Vows	Member of Congregation of Holy Cross
8 Oct 1972	29.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross
21 May 1990	46.6	Appointed	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
12 Sep 1990	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
3 Feb 1995	51.3	Appointed	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh
21 Apr 1995	51.5	Installed	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh
25 Nov 2010	67.1	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
22 Oct 2011	68.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh
19 Nov 2016	73.1	Elevated to Cardinal
19 Nov 2016	73.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi
13 May 2017	73.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi
30 Sep 2020	76.9	Retired	Archbishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh

MicroData Summary
Patrick D’Rozario
Patrick Cardinal D’Rozario C.S.C.
(born 1 Oct 1943)
Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka

Ad Limina - June 2008: Bishop
Consistory - 2016: Created Cardinal
Ad Limina - May 2018: Bishop
Conclave - 2025: Non-Voting (Age)

Event Place
Birth Place Padrishibpur, Diocese of Chittagong
Ordained Priest Padrishibpur, Diocese of Chittagong
Ordained Bishop Our Lady of Lourdes, Church, Bonarpara Haroa

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Dhaka.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joachim J. Rozario, C.S.C. †
Bishop of Chittagong
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.
Bishop of Dinajpur
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Michael Rozario †
Archbishop of Dhaka
Archbishop Piero Biggio †
Titular Archbishop of Otriculum

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. (1979)
Bishop of Dinajpur
Archbishop Michael Rozario † (1968)
Archbishop of Dacca
Archbishop Costante Maltoni † (1967)
Titular Archbishop of Thugga
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Lawrence Subrata Howlader, C.S.C. (2009)
Bishop James Romen Boiragi (2012)
Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes (2016)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paulinus Costa † (1996)
Bishop Gervas Rozario (2007)
Bishop Sebastian Tudu (2012)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1685252

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 25 Nov 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Number 11,383
s: Bollettino, 22 Oct 2011
card: Bollettino, 9 Oct 2016
i: Bollettino, 8 May 2017
r: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2020

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