consecrated_by previous_post predecessor successor consecration birth_place title nationality type article_title see term birth_date ordination name church ordained_by
simeon anthony pereira principal , st paul 's high school joseph coutts rev. -lrb- bishop-elect -rrb- fr . samson shukardin , o.f.m. , v.g. march 25 , 2000 karachi , pakistan bishop emeritus of hyderabad pakistani bishop max rodrigues
 roman catholic diocese of hyderabad -lrb- emeritus -rrb- 2000 - 2014 29 may 1938 6 january 1966 max john rodrigues roman catholic pope paul vi
max rodrigues

max john rodrigues was born in karachi , pakistan on 29 may 1938 .
he entered the seminary in 1957 and spent seven years of his priestly formation at the pontifical urban university in rome .
he was ordained a priest by pope paul vi at st. peter 's basilica on 6 january 1966 .
among his many appointments was serving as assistant parish priest at saint francis of assisi parish , karachi and principal of st paul 's high school from 1984 to 2000 .
on 3 december 1999 he was appointed bishop of hyderabad by pope saint john paul ii .
the new bishop of hyderabad was consecrated march 25 , 2000 by archbishop simeon anthony pereira of karachi in the presence of the papal nuncio to pakistan .
an apostolic letter from pope john paul ii was read before the ordination .
he was one of the 6 delegates from the pakistani church participating in the asia mission congress in chang mai , thailand from october 18 -- 22 , 2006 .
the bishop has been at the forefront of encouraging pastoral work that is revolutionizing attitudes towards women .
the diocese pastoral teams have changed the way that people think , and uplifted the status of women -- women were seen as chattel , they had never sent girls to school as they did n't see the value in educating them , but now they send them to school as well .
bishop rodrigues 's resignation was accepted by pope francis on tuesday , december 16 , 2014 ; that same day , pope francis appointed the diocese 's vicar general , a franciscan , the rev. fr .
samson shukardin , o.f.m. , v.g. , as bishop-elect of the diocese of hyderabad .
