ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Bombay

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop John Rodrigues as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay, India, transferring him from the diocese of Poona.
Archbishop-elect John Rodrigues was born on 21 August 1967 in Mumbai. He was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome (2000-2002). He was ordained a priest on 18 April 1998 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Bombay.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Saint Michael in Mahim (1998-1999), secretary to the Cardinal Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (1999-2000), professor of dogmatic theology (2002-2013) and dean of studies (2011-2013) at Saint Pius X College in Goregaon.
He was appointed titular bishop of Deulto and auxiliary bishop of Bombay on 15 May 2013, and received episcopal consecration the following 29 June. He was transferred to the diocese of Poona on 25 March 2023. (Agenzia Fides, 30/12/2024)

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