Ignatius D’Souza

Ignatius D'Souza (born 4 August 1964) is the current serving bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly, India.

Early life D'Souza was born on 4 August 1964 in Basrikatte, Karnataka, India to C L D'Souza and Lucy D'Souza.

Education Ignatius has acquired a Bachelor of Theology degree, a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Arts (public administration) from Annamalai University. He also holds a licentiate from Pontifical Gregorian University in Biblical studies and Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Urban University.

Priesthood Ignatius studied at St. Paul's Minor Seminary and St. Joseph's Regional Seminary in Allahabad and on 7 April 1991 received priestly ordination from Archbishop Cecil DeSa for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow.

Episcopate D'Souza was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bareilly on 11 July 2014 and was consecrated by Salvatore Pennacchio on 4 October 2014.