previous_post predecessor successor death_date birth_place title nationality type article_title see term birth_date ordination name church
bishop of the roman catholic diocese of islamabad-rawalpindi joseph cordeiro evarist pinto 22 august 2006 sukkar , pakistan archbishop of karachi pakistani bishop simeon anthony pereira
 karachi 1993 & ndash ; 2002 19 october 1927 24 august 1951 simeon anthony pereira roman catholic
simeon anthony pereira

he was educated at st patrick 's high school , karachi .
he received his religious training at the papal seminary , kandy , sri lanka and was ordained a priest on 24 august 1951 .
he first worked as secretary to franciscan archbishop james cornelius van miltenburg of karachi , and chaplain to the sisters and flock at manora .
his next posting was father-in charge of the don bosco boarding for boys in karachi .
in 1952 , he proceeded to quetta as assistant rector of st. pius x minor seminary .
a few years later , he was appointed parish priest of saint francis of assisi church , old haji camp .
his next appointment was as parish priest of saint john 's church , drigh road , karachi .
following the liturgical reforms of the second vatican council , he worked with father liberius , a scholar and linguist , to introduce urdu into the liturgy .
on 3 july 1971 pope paul vi appointed him auxiliary bishop of rawalpindi , pakistan .
on 17 december 1973 he was appointed bishop of the roman catholic diocese of islamabad-rawalpindi .
he was bishop of rawalpindi for nearly 20 years .
on 22 mar 1993 he was appointed coadjutor archbishop of the roman catholic archdiocese of karachi .
he succeeded cardinal joseph cordeiro as archbishop of karachi on 11 feb 1994 and retired from that office on 20 november 2002 .
he celebrated the silver jubilee of his episcopal ordination on october 4 , 1996 , with a bilingual mass concelebrated with retired franciscan bishop bonaventure patrick paul .
after retiring in november 2002 , he served as pastor of st. thomas church in malir and as chaplain of the dominican nuns at the monastery of the angels in landhi .
he has also been president of the catholic bishops ' conference of pakistan .
archbishop simeon pereira died on august 22 , 2006 .
