Your prayers are requested for the soul of Rev. Fr. Francis D'souza of St. Patrick's Cathedral, who expired today at 8.10 am after a long illness and hospitalization of nearly two months (08.12.13) Francis de Souza is a Roman Catholic priest, school principal, and rector of a seminary and a cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. He was only the second priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi to complete 60 years of service. He received his religious training at ...the Papal Seminary, Kandy, Sri Lanka and was ordained a priest on 24 August 1948. He served as Principal of St. Lawrence's Boys School from 1951-54. He studied at Oxford from 1954-58 and received an MA degree. He was rector of St. Pius X Minor Seminary Quetta from 1958-1965.Father Francis de Souza has also been rector of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi from 1966-75. From 1975 to 1996 he was Parish Priest of Christ the King Parish, Karachi. In 1993 he was also Vicar General and dean of the College of Consultors of the Archdiocese. He was the brother of Rev. Fr. Tony D'Souza ( St. Patrick's High School) and Fr. Valentine D'Souza. A big loss to our Karachi Archdiocese my deepest sympathies to all the priests.
