Sebastian Tudu
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Sebastian Tudu | |
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| Bishop of Dinajpur | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka |
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Dinajpur |
| Installed | October 29, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Moses Costa |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 30, 1999 |
| Consecration | January 27, 2012 by Joseph Salvador Marino |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sebastian Tudu June 17, 1967 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Dinajpur, Bangladesh |
| Alma mater | Notre Dame College, Dhaka Pontifical Urban University |
| Motto | Thy Kingdom Come[1] |
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| Source(s):"Bishop Sebastian Tudu". Catholic-Hierarchy. | |||||||||||||||||
Sebastian Tudu (born June 17, 1967) is a Bangladeshi Catholic priest. He is the seventh and current Bishop of Dinajpur, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011. He is the first Santali Bishop in Bangladesh.[2][3][4]
Sebastian Tudu Marino was born in Changura, a village of Gaibandha District, on June 17, 1967. He completed his secondary education at St. Joseph Higher Secondary School and higher secondary education at Dinajpur Government School. Then he moved to Dhaka and got admitted into Notre Dame College.[5] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from there while living at St. Joseph's Minor Seminary. He also attended Holy Spirit Major Seminary later.[6] He earned a doctoral degree in missiology at Pontifical Urban University in Rome from 2003 to 2007.[7]
