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BISHOP SEBASTIAO MASCARENHAS

FAMILY DETAILS
Name Sebastiao Mascarenhas
Father Joaquim Mascarenhas
Mother Maria Joaquina Barreto
Sister Maria Dias
Brother Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, Bishop of Daltonganj
Brother Albert Mascarenhas
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth 29.07.1959
Place Camurlim de Salcete, Archdiocese of Goa Daman
Mother tongue Konkani
Other Languages Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, English, German, French
SECULAR EDUCATION
High School Fr. Agnel School, Pilar, Goa (SSC 1974)
Graduation St Frances de Sales College, Nagpur, Nagpur University
B A in Economics and English Literature (1979)
ECCLESIATICAL EDUCATION
Ecclesiastical Philosophy St Charles Seminary, Nagpur, India 1976-1979
Theology All India Mission Seminary, Pilar, Goa, India (1980-84)
Licentiate Missiology, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Sankt Augustin, Germany (1994)
Doctorate Systematic Theology, University of Freiburg, Germany (2000)
RELIGIOUS FORMATION AND COMMITMENT IN THE SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONARIES OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER (SOCIETY OF PILAR)
First Profession 20.06.1976
Regency Curdi, Goa (1979-1980)
Final Profession 12.12. 1983
Ordination 06.05.1984 at Mission Seminary, Pilar, Goa
CHRONOLOGICAL DETAILS AS A PRIEST
1984-1988 APP Our Lady of Velankani Church Vapi, Gujarat
Principal, Mother of Hope School, Vapi, Gujarat
In charge, St Mary School, Chanod, Gujarat
1988-1990 APP Our Lady of Piety Church, Silvassa, Nagar Haveli
Principal, Fr. Agnel School, Silvassa, Nagar Haveli
1990-1992 Chaplain, Our Lady of Rosary Chapel, Shelti, Nagar Haveli
In Charge, Nirmal Mata School, Shelti, Nagar Haveli
Director, Social Service Adivasi Society, Khanwel, Nagar Haveli
1992-1994 Licentiate in Missiology, at Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule, Sankt Augustin, Germany
1994-1996 Chaplain, St. Francis Xavier Chapel, Dudhni, Nagar Haveli
Principal, St. Francis Xavier School, Dudhni, Nagar Haveli
Visiting Professor, Mission Seminary, Pilar Goa
1996-2000 Doctorate, Systematic Theology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Assist at: Pfarrei St Peter und Paul & Pfarrei St Georg, Freiburg
2000-2002 Professor and Animator, Mission Seminary, Pilar
Guest Professor: St. Pius X Pastoral Centre, Old Goa
Guest Professor: Rachol Seminary
2002-2009 Rector and Professor, Mission Seminary, Pilar
Guest Professor: St. Pius X Pastoral Centre, Old Goa
Guest Professor: Rachol Seminary
2009-2012 Provincial Superior, Mumbai Province, Society of Pilar
Visiting Professor, Mission Seminary, Pilar
Guest Professor: St Pius X Pastoral Centre, Old Goa
2013-2017 Superior of Mission of Daman (Daman, Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli)
Parish Priest, Our Lady of Remedios Church, Moti Daman
Parochial Administrator, Holy Name Church, Fort Daman
Visiting Professor, Mission Seminary, Pilar
2017-2022 Superior General, Society of the Missionaries of
St Francis Xavier, Pilar Goa
Visiting Professor, Mission Seminary, Pilar
Nov 2022 Appointed to Khempur Mission, Ahmedabad Diocese
Dec 31, 2022 Appointed Bishop of Baroda
Feb 18, 2023 Consecrated Bishop of Baroda
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