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| type = [[Bishop in the Catholic Church|Bishop]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[The Most Reverend]]<br />
| name = Francis Braganza<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Society of Jesus|SJ]]<br />
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Bishop Emeritus of Baroda]]<br />
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| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]<br />
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar|Archdiocese of Gandhinagar]]<br />
| province = [[Gandhinagar]]<br />
| metropolis = [[Gandhinagar]]<br />
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Diocese of Baroda]]<br />
| see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Diocese of Baroda]] ([[emeritus]])<br />
| term_start = 29 August 1997<br />
| term_end = 21 December 2011<br />
| predecessor = Ignatius Salvador D'Souza <br />
| successor = Godfrey de Rozario<br />
| opposed = <br />
| other_post = Bishop of Baroda.<sup>'''''(1987-1997)'''''</sup><br />
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| ordination = 21 November 1951<br />
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| consecration = 29 June 1987<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Simon Pimenta|Archbishop Simon Pimenta]]<br />
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| rank = [[File:Prelate-Bishop.svg|35px]] [[Hierarchy of the Catholic Church|Bishop-Priest]]<br />
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| birth_name = Francis Leo Braganza<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|01|29|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bandra]], [[Bombay]].<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|21|1922|01|29|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Xavier’s residence, [[Ahmedabad]]<br />
| buried = The Rosary Church, Baroda<br />
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|22.3181|N|73.1839|E|}}<br />
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} Indian<br />
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| residence = [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]<br />
| parents = Leo Braganza<sup>'''(Father)'''</sup><br>Sophia Braganza<sup>'''(Mother)'''</sup><br />
| previous_post = Bishop of Baroda.<sup>'''''(1987-1997)'''''</sup><br>Vice Provincial of Gujarat.<sup>'''''(1963-1968)'''''</sup><br>Assistant to the General.<sup>'''''(1967-1970)'''''</sup><br />
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| alma_mater = [[Columbia University]]<br />
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{{Infobox bishop styles<br />
|bishop name = Ferdinand Joseph Fonseca<br />
|dipstyle= [[Bishop]]<br />
|offstyle= Your Excellency<br />
|relstyle= The Most Reverend<br />
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| date of priestly ordination = 21 November 1951<br />
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| consecrated by = [[Simon Ignatius Pimenta|Archbishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta]]<br />
| co-consecrators = Bishop Charles Gomes, S.J.,<br />[[Gregory Karotemprel|Bishop Gregory Karotemprel]].<br />
| date of consecration = 29 June 1987<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Francis Leo Braganza''' (29 January 1922 &ndash; 21 December 2011) was an [[India]]n [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest. He was the bishop of the diocese of [[Baroda]], [[Gujarat]], from 1987 to 1997.<br />
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Francis Braganza was born in [[Mumbai, India]], ordained a [[Catholic priest|priest]] on 21 November 1951 in the [[Society of Jesus]]. Braganza was appointed [[bishop]] to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Diocese of Baroda]] on 27 April 1987 and ordained bishop 29 June 1987. Braganza retired on 29 August 1997.<br />
He lived in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]], where he died in 2011, aged 89.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda|Diocese of Baroda]]<br />
*[[Society of Jesus]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbragf.html Catholic-Hierarchy]<br />
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