Aloysius Paul D'Souza [SEP] date of birth
Aloysius Paul D'Souza
Aloysius Paul D'Souza (; born 21 June 1941) is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore. He was consecrated on 8 November 1996, succeeding his predecessor Basil Salvadore D'Souza.
Early years.
Aloysius Paul D'Souza was born on 21 June 1941 in Hekkotu, a neighbourhood in the Agrar suburb of Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada. He was the sixth of seven children to Mathias and Isabella D'Souza. The family belonged to the D'Souza-Kamath clan, a Mangalorean Catholic clan of the same area.
in Rome, Assistant Spiritual Father at the Pontifical Urban College “de Propaganda Fide”, Rome, Associate Professor of the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
Episcopate.
Pope Francis appointed Saldanha as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore on 3 July 2018 and consecrated by Aloysius Paul D'Souza on 15 Sep 2018 at Our Lady of Rosary Cathedral, Mangalore. Prior to his appointment he serving as Adiutor Secretarii Specialis of the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.