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Biography
Albert D'Souza is a prominent Catholic (Latin Rite) bishop in India who was installed as the tenth Archbishop of Agra in April 2007.
Birth and education
He was born on 4 August 1945 in Moodubelle, Mangalore, as the eighth child in a Catholic family with a dozen children. Four of his brothers are priests and two of them bishops. One of the brothers, Fr. Edwin D'Souza, is the pastor of Saints Martha and Mary Parish, Mississuaga, Ontario.
He studied in church run St. Lawrence High School, Moodubelle.
Clerical career
He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1974, and was appointed Bishop of Lucknow on 21 November 1992. His episcopal ordination followed on 7 February 1993. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Agra on 11 April 2007. He chairs the commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI).
He also chairs the Agra Regional Bishops' Council (ARBC)