Patrick D'Rozario
Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario is the Catholic Archbishop of the Dhaka, the highest-ranked official of the Roman Catholic Church in Bangladesh.
He is a member of the Congregation of Holy Cross and was ordained a priest in 1972. In 1990, D'Rozario became Bishop of Rajshahi, and in 1995, Bishop of Chittagong.
In November 2010, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka by Pope Benedict XVI. In October 2011, he succeeded Archbishop Paulinus Costa as Archbishop of Dhaka.
He is President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh, founded in 1971, the purpose of which is to facilitate common policy and action in matters that affect or are liable to affect the interest of the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. It also serves the country at large. D'Rozario assisted at the Synod on the Family.
Pope Francis raised him 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. Francis made him a member of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on 23 December 2017.
