Max Rodrigues

His Grace
Max John Rodrigues
Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad
Church Roman Catholic
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad (Emeritus)
In office 2000 - 2014
Predecessor Joseph Coutts
Successor Rev. Fr. Samson Shukardin, O.F.M., V.G. (Bishop-elect)
Orders
Ordination 6 January 1966
by Pope Paul VI
Consecration March 25, 2000
by Simeon Anthony Pereira
Personal details
Born (1938-05-29) May 29, 1938
Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Previous post Principal, St Paul’s High School

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.[1] On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Hyderabad by Pope John Paul II,[2] and consecrated on 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.[3]

Rodrigues has worked on raising the status of women, often treated as chattels and not educated. Attitudes changed, and girls are sent to school.[4]

Rodrigues's resignation as bishop due to his age was accepted by Pope Francis on 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.[5]

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