Ivan Dias
Catholic cardinal (1936-2017)
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.
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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.[1] He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.
References
change- ↑ "Our cardinal in the Vatican". Indian Express. 13 April 2005.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Ivan Dias at Wikimedia Commons
- Archdiocese of Bombay Archived 2007-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Career highlights at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- Article at AmericanCatholic.org Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine