Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
Francis Braganza | |
Honorific Suffix: | SJ |
Bishop Emeritus of Baroda | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Gandhinagar |
Province: | Gandhinagar |
Metropolis: | Gandhinagar |
Diocese: | Diocese of Baroda |
See: | Diocese of Baroda (emeritus) |
Term Start: | 29 August 1997 |
Term End: | 21 December 2011 |
Predecessor: | Ignatius Salvador D'Souza |
Successor: | Godfrey de Rozario |
Other Post: | Bishop of Baroda.(1987-1997) |
Ordination: | 21 November 1951 |
Consecration: | 29 June 1987 |
Consecrated By: | Archbishop Simon Pimenta |
Rank: | Bishop-Priest |
Birth Name: | Francis Leo Braganza |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1922 |
Birth Place: | Bandra, Bombay. |
Death Place: | Xavier’s residence, Ahmedabad |
Buried: | The Rosary Church, Baroda |
Nationality: | Indian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Residence: | Ahmedabad, India |
Parents: | Leo Braganza(Father) Sophia Braganza(Mother) |
Previous Post: | Bishop of Baroda.(1987-1997) Vice Provincial of Gujarat.(1963-1968) Assistant to the General.(1967-1970) |
Alma Mater: | Columbia University |
Bishop Name: | Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca |
Dipstyle: | Bishop |
Offstyle: | Your Excellency |
Relstyle: | The Most Reverend |
Francis Leo Braganza (29 January 1922 - 21 December 2011) was an Indian Jesuit priest. He was the bishop of the diocese of Baroda, Gujarat, from 1987 to 1997.
Francis Braganza was born in Mumbai, India, ordained a priest on 21 November 1951 in the Society of Jesus. Braganza was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Baroda on 27 April 1987 and ordained bishop 29 June 1987. Braganza retired on 29 August 1997.He lived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, where he died in 2011, aged 89.