Lawrence Subrata Howlader

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Lawrence Subrata Howlader CSC (born September 11, 1965 in Noborgram ) is a Bangladeshi clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Barisal .

Life

Lawrence Subrata Howlader joined the religious order of the Congregation of Holy Cross at and received on 31 December 1994, the priestly ordination .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on May 7, 2009 auxiliary bishop in Chittagong and titular bishop of Afufenia . The Bishop of Chittagong, Patrick D'Rozario CSC, donated him episcopal ordination on July 3 of the same year ; Co - consecrators were Paulinus Costa , Archbishop of Dhaka , and Joseph Salvador Marino , Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh .

On December 29, 2015, Pope Francis appointed him the first bishop of the diocese of Barisal, which was established on the same date .

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Individual evidence

  1. erezione della Diocese Barisal (Bangladesh) e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 29, 2015, accessed December 29, 2015 (Italian).