Patrick D'Rozario
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Patrick D'Rozario is the Catholic Archbishop
Archbishop
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 of the archdiocese of Dhaka, making him the highest ranked priest of the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
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 in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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.

He is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross
Congregation of Holy Cross
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 and was ordained priest in 1972. In 1990 D'Rozario became Bishop of Rajshahi, in 1995 Bishop of Chittagong.

In November 2010 he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka by Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI
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. In October 2011 he succeeded Archbishop Paulinus Costa
Paulinus Costa
Paulinus Costa was Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 until his retirement on October 22, 2011.-Career:Costa was ordained as a priest on 21 December, 1963...

 as Archbishop of Dhaka.

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