Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze

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Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze OMI (born February 9, 1956 in Tuital , Dhaka ) is a Roman Catholic religious and bishop of Sylhet in Bangladesh .

Life

After completing his philosophy and theology studies at the Major Seminary in Dhaka, Bishop D'Cruze made perpetual vows with the Oblates of the Immaculate Virgin on November 1, 1986 .

On February 20, 1987, he received the sacrament of ordination . He was then from 1987 to 1990 parish vicar in Lokhipur and Mugaipar in the Archdiocese of Dhaka . After further studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University , he obtained a licentiate in theology in 1992 . As rector of the juniorate in Dhaka in 1999 and 2000 and since 2001 as superior of the scholasticate, he was active in Dhaka in the youth work of the order. He was head of the OMI delegation in Bangladesh and a member of the Caritas Bangladesh committee .

On February 19, 2005, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Khulna . The episcopal ordination , which was already included in the pontificate of Benedict XVI. fell, his predecessor Michael D'Rozario CSC donated to him on May 6th of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Dhaka, Michael Rozario , and the Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh, Paul Tschang In-Nam .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Sylhet on July 8, 2011 . The inauguration took place on September 30th of the same year.

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