Henry Sebastian D'Souza

Henry Sebastian D'Souza (20 January 1926 – 27 June 2016) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop.

Born in Igatpuri, D'Souza was ordained priest in 1948. He became bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in 1974 and was named coadjutor archbishop of Calcutta in 1985. D'Souza retired in 2002 as Archbishop of Calcutta, and died at the age of 90 in 2016 at Vianney Home, Kolkata.[1][2] He was Archbishop of Calcutta (Kolkata) when the soon-to-be-canonized Blessed Mother Teresa was in her later years and upon her 1997 death, helped initiate and support her sainthood cause.

References

  1. ↑ "Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kolkata's Archbishop Emeritus Dr Henry S D'Souza passes away". Daiji World Media. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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