Ivan Dias

Ivan Dias (14 April 1936 – 19 June 2017) was an Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Bandra, a suburb of Bombay.

Dias was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, having served as Archbishop of Bombay (1996–2006) and papal diplomat in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001. 

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Other websites

Archdiocese of Bombay 
Career highlights at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Article at AmericanCatholic.org 

Category:1936 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
Category:People from Mumbai
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops