{{Short description|Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate (1950–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = archbishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Moses M. Costa | honorific-suffix = C.S.C. | title = Archbishop Emeritus of Chittagong | image = | alt = | caption = | archdiocese = Chattogram | diocese = | see = Chittagong | appointed = 2 February 2017 | term_start = 2 February 2017 | term_end = 13 July 2020 | predecessor = | successor = | other_post = Secretary General of Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh <!-- Orders -->| ordination = 5 February 1981 | ordained_by = | consecration = 6 September 1996 | consecrated_by = Adriano Bernardini | cardinal = | rank = <!-- Personal details --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|07|13|1950|11|17}} | death_place = Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh | nationality = Bangladeshi | residence = | previous_post = Bishop of Chittagong | alma_mater = | coat_of_arms = | motto = Joy of Communion in Contemplation and Service }}{{Infobox bishopstyles||name=Moses M. Costa, C.S.C.|dipstyle=The Most Reverend|offstyle=Your Excellency|relstyle=Monsignor|deathstyle=}} '''Moses M.''' '''Costa''', C.S.C. (17 November 1950 – 13 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong, Bangladesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcostamo.html|title=Archbishop Moses M. Costa [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbcbsec.org/member/details/6|title=Most Rev. Moses M. Costa, CSC, DD|website=www.cbcbsec.org|access-date=2019-07-24|archive-date=2019-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724020214/https://www.cbcbsec.org/member/details/6|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://holycrosscongregation.org/news/pope-francis-appoints-bishop-moses-costa-csc-first-archbishop-of-chittagong-bangaldesh/|title=Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Moses Costa, C.S.C., First Archbishop of Chittagong, Bangaldesh // News // Congregation of Holy Cross|website=holycrosscongregation.org|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chit1.htm|title=Archdiocese of Chattogram, Bangladesh|website=GCatholic|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/new-chittagong-archbishop-invested-with-pallium/80227|title=New Chittagong archbishop invested with pallium|work=Union of Catholic Asian News|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> until his death on 13 July 2020.
== Early life == Costa was born on 17 November 1950 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
== Priesthood == Costa was ordained a holy priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross on 5 February 1981.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
== Episcopate == On 5 July 1996, Costa was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur and consecrated on 6 September 1996 by Adriano Bernardini. On 6 April 2011, he was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong and was installed on 27 May 2011. He was appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong on 2 February 2017 by Pope Francis.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==Health and death == On 13 June 2020, Costa was admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, but later recovered from the disease. On 9 July 2020, Costa suffered a stroke and was put on life support two days later.
He died on 13 July 2020, aged 70, due to complications of the stroke and post Covid-19 complications.<ref>https://www.fides.org/en/news/68339-ASIA_BANGLADESH_Archbishop_Moses_Costa_dies_due_to_the_consequences_of_Covid_19</ref><ref>[https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/07/13/chittagong-archbishop-moses-m-costa-no-more Chittagong Archbishop Moses M Costa no more]</ref><ref>[https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2020-07/covid-19-deces-de-l-archeveque-de-chittagong-au-bangladesh.html?fbclid=IwAR2o-3pNtm7dhh9MHrfEfg3uS2I8iGE0IKdDb-DilDn57E7xX2fXT9UyG1s Vatican news 15 July 2020]</ref>
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