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{{short description|Catholic prelate in India}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = archbishop
| honorific_prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]
| name = Albert D'Souza
| honorific_suffix =
| title = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Archbishop Emeritus of Agra]]
| image = Albert D'Souza - 2.jpg
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| caption = Albert D'Souza, Archbishop of Agra
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra]]
| province =
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| see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Agra]]
| term_start = 16 February 2007
| term_end = 12 November 2020
| predecessor = [[Oswald Cardinal Gracias]]
| successor = [[Raphy Manjaly]]
| opposed =
| other_post = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow|Bishop of Lucknow]]'''(1992-2007)''' 
, [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India|Secretary General of Catholic Bishop's Conference of India]]'''(2012-2016)'''
| ordination = 08 December 1974
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 07 February 1993
| consecrated_by = [[Giorgio Zur]]
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| rank = Archbishop
| birth_name = Albert D’Souza
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|08|04}}
| birth_place = [[Belle, Udupi|Moodubelle]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
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| nationality = Indian
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| residence = [[Agra]]
| parents = Emmanuel D’Souza'''(Father)''', Magdalene D’Souza'''(Mother)'''<ref>http://www.bellevision.com/index.php?action=personality_inner&type=18</ref>
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| alma_mater = St. Lawrence High School, Moodubelle. 
St Joseph’s Regional Seminary, Allahabad.
| motto = '''Your Kingdom Come'''
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| date of priestly ordination = December 08, 1974
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| consecrated by = [[Giorgio Zur|Archbishop Giorgio Zur]]
| co-consecrators = Cecil DeSa [[Alphonsus F. D'Souza]]
| date of consecration = February 07, 1993
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'''Albert D'Souza''' is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] (Latin Church) [[prelate]] in [[India]] who served as the tenth<ref name="Gcatholic">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/agra0.htm#3375 |title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agra, India |newspaper=Gcatholic.org |date= |last= |accessdate=2015-09-02}}</ref> [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra|Archbishop of Agra]] from 16 February 2007 to 12 November 2020.

== Birth and education ==
He was born on 4 August 1945 in [[Moodubelle]], [[Mangalore]], as the eighth child in a Catholic family with a dozen children. Four of his brothers are priests and two of them bishops. One of the brothers, Fr. Edwin D'Souza, is the pastor of Saints Martha and Mary Parish, Mississuaga, Ontario.<ref name="Saltandlighttv.org_2015-08-31c">{{cite web |url=http://saltandlighttv.org/catholicfocus/catholic_church_india.php |title=A Vibrant Reality: The Catholic Church in India |newspaper=Saltandlighttv.org |date= |last= |accessdate=2015-08-31}}</ref>

He studied in church run St. Lawrence High School, Moodubelle.<ref name="Bellevision">{{cite web |url=http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=personality_inner&type=18 |title=Archbishop Albert D'Souza- A person with divine mission and a dream |newspaper=Bellevision.com |date= |last= |accessdate=2015-09-08}}</ref>

== Clerical career ==

He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1974, and was appointed Bishop of Lucknow on 21 November 1992. His episcopal ordination followed on 7 February 1993. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Agra on 11 April 2007. He chairs the commission of the [[Conference of Catholic Bishops of India]] (CCBI).<ref name="ucanews">{{cite web |url=http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/archbishop-dsouza/6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310211519/http://directory.ucanews.com/bishops/archbishop-dsouza/6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-03-10 |title=Archbishop Albert D'Souza |newspaper=Directory.ucanews.com |date= |last= |accessdate=2015-08-31 }}</ref>
He also chairs the Agra Regional Bishops' Council (ARBC)<ref name="Cbci.in">{{cite web |url=http://cbci.in/agra_region.aspx |title=Catholic Bishops' Conference of India |newspaper=Cbci.in/agra_region.aspx |date= |last= |accessdate=2015-08-31}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Catholic Church in India]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Christian clergy from Mangalore]]
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholic archbishops]]

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