Henry Sebastian D'Souza
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ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Calcutta
In office5 April 1986 – 2 April 2002
PredecessorLawrence Picachy
Henry Sebastian D'Souza | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Calcutta | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Calcutta |
| In office | 5 April 1986 – 2 April 2002 |
| Predecessor | Lawrence Picachy |
| Successor | Lucas Sirkar |
| Previous posts | Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (1985-1986) Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar (1974-1985) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 August 1948 |
| Consecration | 5 May 1974 by John Gordon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1926 |
| Died | 27 June 2016 (aged 90) |
Henry Sebastian D'Souza (20 January 1926 – 27 June 2016) was an Indian Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in Igatpuri, D'Souza was ordained a 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 started the Life Ascending- a monthly newsletter for the elderly. He died at the age of 90 in 2016 at Vianney Home, Kolkata.[1][2] He was the Archbishop of Calcutta (Kolkata) when Saint Mother Teresa was in her later years and upon her death in the year 1997, helped initiate and support her sainthood.
