{{Short description|Bangladeshi prelate}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Patrick D'Rozario | honorific-suffix = [[Congregation of Holy Cross|CSC]] | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka|Archbishop emeritus of Dhaka]] | image = Cardinal_D'rozario.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = [[Roman Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka|Dhaka]] | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = | term = | term_start = 22 October 2012 | quashed = | term_end = 30 September 2020 | predecessor = [[Paulinus Costa]] | opposed = | successor = [[Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze]] | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of [[Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi]] (2016–) <!---------- Orders The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those clergy claiming Apostolic succession, such as Catholics, Orthodox and Anglicans. ----------> | ordination = 8 October 1972 | ordained_by = | consecration = 12 September 1990 | consecrated_by = Theotonius Gomes | cardinal = 19 November 2016 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]] | rank = Cardinal-Priest <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Patrick D'Rozario | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|10|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Padrishibpur, [[Barisal]], [[British India]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1943|10|1|df=y}} --> | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Bangladeshi | religion = Roman Catholicism | residence = | parents = | spouse = <!-- or | partner = --> | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajshahi|Bishop of Rajshahi]] (1990–1995)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong|Bishop of Chittagong]] (1995–2010)|[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka|Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka]] (2010–2012)}} | education = | alma_mater = | motto = Joy in Communion | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }} {{Ordination | ordained deacon by = | date of diaconal ordination = | place of diaconal ordination = | ordained priest by = | date of priestly ordination = 8 October 1972 | place of priestly ordination = | consecrated by = [[Theotonius Gomes]], CSC | co-consecrators = [[Michael Rozario]]<br />[[Pietro Biggio]] | date of consecration = 12 September 1990 | place of consecration = | elevated by = [[Pope Francis]] | date of elevation = 19 November 2016 | bishop 1 = [[Lawrence Subrata Howlader]], CSC | consecration date 1 = 3 July 2003 | bishop 2 = [[James Romen Boiragi]] | consecration date 2 = 15 June 2012 | bishop 3 = [[Shorot Francis Gomes]] | consecration date 3 = 22 April 2016 | sources = }} {{Infobox cardinal styles |name = Patrick D'Rozario, CSC |image = |image_size = 200px |dipstyle = [[His Eminence]] |offstyle = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]] |relstyle = [[Cardinal (Catholic)|Cardinal]] |deathstyle = }} '''Patrick D'Rozario''', [[Congregation of Holy Cross|CSC]] ({{langx|bn|প্যাট্রিক ডি'রোজারিও|translit=Pyaṭrik ḍi'rojario}}; born 1 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi prelate of the Catholic Church who was [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka|Archbishop of Dhaka]] from 2012 to 2020. [[Pope Francis]] appointed him as a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 2016. Patrick D'Rozario is the very first Roman Catholic cardinal from Bangladesh.<ref name=cong>{{cite news | publisher = Congregation of Holy Cross | access-date = 1 October 2020 | url = https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/archbishop-patrick-drozario-named-cardinal-by-pope-francis/ | date= 10 October 2016 | title = Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario Named a Cardinal by Pope Francis }}</ref> He led other dioceses in Bangladesh from 1995 to 2010.
==Biography== Patrick D'Rozario was born on 1 October 1943 in Padrishibpur, [[Backergunge district]], [[British India]] (now part of [[Bangladesh]]).<ref> {{cite news|last1=Corraya|first1=Sumon|title=Cardinal-designate Patrick D'Rozario: My appointment is 'a gift for Bangladesh'|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Cardinal-designate-Patrick-D%27Rozario:-My-appointment-is-a-gift-for-Bangladesh-38809.html|access-date=24 October 2017|work=Asia News|date=10 October 2016}}</ref> He took his vows as a member of the [[Congregation of Holy Cross]] on 14 June 1962 and was ordained a priest by the [[Servant of God]] Archbishop [[Theotonius Amal Ganguly]] on 8 October 1972.<ref name=cong/>
On 21 May 1990, [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed D'Rozario the first Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rajshahi|Rajshahi]],<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-82-1990-ocr.pdf | date= 1990 | volume = LXXXII | page = 1019 | access-date = 1 October 2020}}</ref> a diocese newly created from the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur|Diocese of Dinajpur]]. He received his episcopal consecration on 12 September 1990 from Bishop Theotonius Gomes of Dinajpur. On 3 February 1995, Pope John Paul named him Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong|Chittagong]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Acta Apostolicae Sedis | url = http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-87-1995-ocr.pdf | date= 1995 | volume = LXXXVII | page = 393 | access-date = 1 October 2020}}</ref> On 25 November 2010, he was appointed [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of Dhaka by [[Pope Benedict XVI]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 30 September 2020 | date= 25 November 2010| publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 25.11.2010 | language = it| url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2010/11/25/0734/01684.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dhaka gets new coadjutor archbishop: Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario says he is ready to meet challenges of new office|date=26 January 2011|url=http://www.ucanews.com/2011/01/26/dhaka-gets-new-coadjutor-archbishop/|publisher=Union of Catholic Asian News}}.</ref> On 22 October 2012, he succeeded Archbishop [[Paulinus Costa]] as Archbishop of Dhaka.
As president of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh]], he attended the [[Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops|Synod on the Family]] in October 2014.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 1 October 2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2014/09/09/0620/01370.html | language = it | title = III Assemblea Generale Straordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (5–19 ottobre 2014): Elenco dei Partecipanti, 09.09.2014 | publisher = Holy See Press Office |date= 9 September 2014 }}</ref> He has also served as Chair of the Governing Body of [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka]] by his [[ex officio]] virtue as archdiocesan bishop from 2012 to 2020, even after being elevated to the cardinalate.<ref>{{cite news | publisher= Congregation of Holy Cross | access-date = 1 October 2020 | title = Notre Dame College in Dhaka Celebrates its 70th Anniversary | date= 20 February 2019 | url = https://holycrosscongregation.org/news/notre-dame-college-in-dhaka-celebrates-its-70th-anniversary/ }}</ref>
Pope Francis raised D'Rozario to the rank of cardinal at a consistory held on 19 November 2016. He was given the rank of Cardinal-Priest and assigned the titular church of [[Nostra Signora del Santissimo Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi]].<ref>{{cite press release| publisher=Holy See Press Office | date = 19 November 2016 | access-date= 19 November 2016| url= http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/11/19/161119b.html | title=Titular churches and diaconates of the new cardinals, 19.11.2016}}</ref> He was the second member of his order to join the [[College of Cardinals]], after [[John Francis O'Hara|John O'Hara]], Archbishop of Philadelphia, in 1958.<ref name=cong/> Francis made him a member of the [[Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development]] on 23 December 2017.<ref>{{cite press release| publisher =[[Holy See Press Office]] | date= 23 December 2017 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/12/23/171223a.html | access-date =25 December 2017| title = Resignations and Appointments, 23.12.2017}}</ref>
Pope Francis accepted D'Rozario's resignation as Archbishop of Dhaka on 30 September 2020, for he has sent his retirement letter two years prior in 2018, upon turning the [[Mandatory_retirement#Roman_Catholic_Church|clerical retirement age]] of 75.<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 30 September 2020 | date= 30 September 2020 | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Resignations and Appointments, 30.09.2020 | url = http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/09/30/200930c.html }}</ref>
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* {{cite web| access-date = 24 October 2017| title= D'Rozario Card. Patrick, C.S.C. |publisher= [[Holy See Press Office]] | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_d-rozario_p.html | url-status=live | archive-date= 4 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170904062423/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_d-rozario_p.html }} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/ Catholic Hierarchy] * [http://www.holycrosscongregation.org/news/71620-holy-cross-celebrates-cardinal-patrick-drosario/ Holy Cross Congregation]
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