01. September 2014
MWI-Alumni, Rev. Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, India, and Titular See of Lysinia

The dissertation of Rev. Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas published with the help of the MWI

The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, currently an Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Ranchi, India, assigning him the Titular See of Lysinia.

Rev. Dr. Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX, was born on November 9, 1960, in Camurlim, Archdiocese of Goa. He studied Philosophy at St. Charles Seminary, Nagpur, Maharashtra, and Theology at the All India Mission Seminary, the Society of Pilar, Goa. Later, he earned a Masters of Arts in Political Science at Nagpur and then a Licentiate and Doctorate in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

From 1999 until 2002 he was a scholarship holder of the Institute of Missiology.

He made his first religious profession in the Society of St. Francis Xavier, June 14, 1979 and was ordained a priest on April 24, 1988.

After his ordination he held the following positions:

1988-1993:

Pastoral work in Punjab, North India, in the parishes and in two schools as Vice-Principal and Principal

1994-2001:

Studies for the Licentiate and Doctorate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome

1998-2004:

Coordinator of the works of the Society of Pilar in Rome and responsible for overseeing the postulation of the cause for beatification of the Venerable Father Agnelo SFX

2005:

Delegate Superior for the Society of Pilar in Europe

2006:

Official of the Pontifical Council for Culture

2010:

Procurator General of the Society of St. Francis Xavier, Member of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses and professor of Sacred Scripture at the Gregorian University and the Angelicum, in Rome

The MWI congratulates his former scholarship holder and wishes him success, pleasure and God's blessings for his new assignments.