Pius Thomas D'Souza

The Most Reverend Pius Thomas D'Souza DCanL
Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer
See	Ajmer
Installed	19 January 2013
Term ended	1 June 2024
Predecessor	Bishop Ignatius Menezes
Successor	vacant
Orders
Ordination	28 March 1982
Consecration	19 January 2013 by  Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Pius Thomas D’Souza (1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 (age 70) Bantwal, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Alma mater	Pontifical Urban University
Motto	Put To Serve

Styles of Pius Thomas D'Souza
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace

Ordination history of Pius Thomas D'Souza
History Priestly ordination Date 28 March 1982 Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio Co-consecrators Archbishop Albert D’Souza, Bishop Ignatius Menezes Date 19 January 2013
Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza is bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ajmer, India. [1] [2] [3] [4] He resigned on 1 June 2024. Early life and education Pius Thomas D'Souza was born in Agrar, Mangalore, India on 4 May 1954. He completed his doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University, Rome. [5] Priesthood Pius was ordained a priest on 28 March 1982 for the diocese of Lucknow initially but later he was Incardinated to the diocese of Bareilly, India on 19 January 1989. [6] Episcopate He was Appointed Bishop of Ajmer on 3 November 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI and consecrated by Salvatore Pennacchio on 19 January 2013 [7] [8] at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. [9] [10] References "Rev. Fr. Pius Thomas D'Souza, of the Diocese of Bareilly appointed as the new Bishop of Ajmer". kemmannu.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Fr. Pius Thomas D'Souza of Agrar becomes bishop of Ajmer". mangaloretoday.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Pius Thomas D'Souza". UCAN India. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Apostolic Nunciature, India & Nepal". www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017. "Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza | Bishop of Ajmer Diocese Pius Thomas D'Souza | Ucanews". directory.ucanews.com. Retrieved 28 October 2017. Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 28 October 2017. "Fr. D'Souza appointed Ajmer bishop". The CSF. Retrieved 28 October 2017.[ dead link ‍] Cheney, David M. "Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 5 October 2017. "Mangalorean Fr Pius D'Souza Appointed Bishop of Ajmer" . Retrieved 28 October 2017. "Bishop Pius Thomas D'Souza". Ucanews. Retrieved 5 October 2017. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.