# Moses Costa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moses_Costa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moses_Costa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Costa > Source revision: 1322444404 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate (1950–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = archbishop | honorific-prefix = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend) | name = Moses M. Costa | honorific-suffix = C.S.C. | title = [Archbishop Emeritus of Chittagong](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_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 | ordination = 5 February 1981 | ordained_by = | consecration = 6 September 1996 | consecrated_by = [Adriano Bernardini](/source/Adriano_Bernardini) | cardinal = | rank = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|11|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), [Bangladesh](/source/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](/source/Bishop) of [Chittagong](/source/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](/source/The_Most_Reverend)|offstyle=[Your Excellency](/source/Your_Excellency)|relstyle=[Monsignor](/source/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](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chittagong), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chit1.htm|title=Archdiocese of Chattogram, Bangladesh|website=GCatholic|access-date=2019-07-24}}{{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}} until his death on 13 July 2020. == Early life == Costa was born on 17 November 1950 in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh). == Priesthood == Costa was ordained a holy priest of the [Congregation of Holy Cross](/source/Congregation_of_Holy_Cross) on 5 February 1981. == Episcopate == On 5 July 1996, Costa was appointed bishop of the [Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Dinajpur) and consecrated on 6 September 1996 by [Adriano Bernardini](/source/Adriano_Bernardini). On 6 April 2011, he was appointed bishop of the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chittagong) and was installed on 27 May 2011. He was appointed Archbishop of the [Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chittagong](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Chittagong) on 2 February 2017 by [Pope Francis](/source/Pope_Francis). ==Health and death == On 13 June 2020, Costa was admitted to hospital after testing positive for [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19), but later recovered from the disease. On 9 July 2020, Costa suffered a [stroke](/source/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.https://www.fides.org/en/news/68339-ASIA_BANGLADESH_Archbishop_Moses_Costa_dies_due_to_the_consequences_of_Covid_19[https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/07/13/chittagong-archbishop-moses-m-costa-no-more Chittagong Archbishop Moses M Costa no more][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] == References == {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Moses}} Category:1950 births Category:2020 deaths Category:People from Dhaka Category:Bishops appointed by Pope Francis Category:21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Bangladesh Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bangladesh Category:Congregation of Holy Cross bishops Category:Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Chittagong Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Chittagong Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Dinajpur Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Moses Costa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Costa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Costa?action=history)). 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