About Paulinus Costa
Lived 1936 – 2015 (aged 78). Paulinus Costa was a Bangladeshi catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Paulinus Costa (19 October 1936 – 3 January 2015) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the archdiocese of Dhaka from 2005 to 2012.
Career
Costa was born in Gazipur, Bangladesh. He was ordained as a priest on 21 December 1963. He was appointed the Bishop of Rajshahi on 11 January 1996, and was ordained on 26 April the same year.
On 9 July 2005 he was appointed the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka by Pope Benedict XVI,
Archbishop Costa retired on 22 October 2012 and was succeeded by Patrick D'Rozario.
Personal life
Costa studied theology at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome and obtained a PhD in theology in 1981.
Death
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Who was Paulinus Costa?
Catholic archbishop
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Paulinus Costa was born on 19 October 1936 in Gazipur.
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Paulinus Costa died on 3 January 2015 in Dhaka.
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Paulinus Costa was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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Paulinus Costa was Bangladeshi.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Paulinus Costa. https://biography.guide/paulinus-costa/
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