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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = His Grace
| name = Lawrence John Saldanha
| title = [[Archbishop]] Emeritus of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| church = [[Roman Catholic]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore]]
| term = 2001–2011
| predecessor = [[Armando Trindade]] †
| successor = [[Sebastian Francis Shaw]] OFM

| ordination = 16 January 1960
| ordinated_by =
| consecration = 11 September 2001
| consecrated_by = Archbishop [[Simeon Anthony Pereira]] † <br />Bishop [[Anthony Theodore Lobo|Anthony Lobo]] † <br />Bishop [[Andrew Francis]]
| rank =
| alma_mater = [[Christ the King Seminary (Pakistan)|Christ the King Seminary, Karachi]]
| motto = Heralds of Hope


| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1936|06|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Mangalore]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| previous_post = Priest

}}

''' Lawrence John Saldanha ''' (born 12 June 1936) is a retired archbishop from Pakistan. He was born in [[Mangalore]], India. He received his religious training at the [[Christ the King seminary]] in Karachi and was ordained a priest in [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] on 16 January 1960.

He also earned a doctorate in systematic theology from Rome-based [[Pontifical Urbaniana University]]. He participated in the Second Vatican Council.<ref name=UCAN>{{cite web |title = UCANews.com January 18, 2010| url=http://www.ucanews.com/2010/01/18/prelate-highlights-local-churchs-leadership-problems}}</ref>

He served in different parishes in Lahore. He served from 1971 to 1974 as editor of the [[Catholic Naqib]], the Archdiocese's Urdu bimonthly.<ref name=UCAN /> He was also rector of Christ the King Seminary in Karachi from 1974 to 1979 and taught dogmatic theology there until 1983.<ref>[https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2001/05/14/pope-names-former-communications-head-new-archbishop-of-lahore&post_id=18438 UCANews May 13, 2001]</ref>

From 1986 to 1998, he was head of the social communications commission and WAVE Studio, the Church's national audiovisual center in Lahore. He also headed the UCA News bureau in Pakistan.
<ref>{{cite web |title = UCANews.com May 14, 2001| url= http://www.ucanews.com/2001/05/14/pope-names-former-communications-head-new-archbishop-of-lahore/?key=islamabad }}</ref>

He was serving as associate pastor of Precious Blood Church in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]], when he was recalled to serve the Church in Pakistan.<ref name=UCAN /> On 24 Apr 2001 he was appointed [[Archbishop of Lahore]] by [[Pope John Paul II]]. He took as his motto ''Heralds of Hope''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://catholicinsight.com/interview-with-pakistan-archbishop-emeritus-lawrence-saldanha/ | work=Catholic Insight | date=1 October 2013 | title=Interview with Pakistan Archbishop Emeritus Lawrence Saldanha | first=Terry | last=McDermott | accessdate=4 March 2019 }}</ref>

On 16 January 2010, Archbishop Saldanha celebrated his Golden Jubilee as a priest, of serving his church for 50 years.<ref>[http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/mar2010p9_3241.html AD 2000 March 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915214654/http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2010/mar2010p9_3241.html |date=15 September 2010 }}</ref>

On 7 April 2011 Archbishop Saldanha retired as Archbishop of Lahore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiovaticana.org/in2/articolo.asp?c=476658 |title=Vatican Radio 7/04/2011 |access-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907122113/http://www.radiovaticana.org/in2/articolo.asp?c=476658 |archive-date=7 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Saldanha also served as the first executive secretary of [[Caritas Pakistan]] from 1966 to 1973, chairman of [[Radio Veritas Asia]], and president of the [[Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences]].<ref>[http://www.ucanews.com/2011/06/13/church-bids-farewell-to-former-head/ UCANews 13 June 2011]</ref>

He returned to Canada after his retirement in 2011 and is helping persecuted Pakistani Christians in Canada.<ref>[https://www.ucanews.org/news/pakistani-bishop-in-canada-works-for-persecuted-christians/86997 UCANews January 16, 2020]</ref>

In 2016 Saldanha became a Canadian citizen.<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2020/01/pakistani-archbishop-now-a-canadian-focuses-on-helping-asylum-seekers/ ''Crux'' January 19, 2020]</ref>

On January 16, 2020, he celebrated his 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination at Precious Blood Parish in [[Scarborough, Canada]].<ref>[https://www.catholicregister.org/item/31038-after-60-years-zeal-for-justice-remains ''Catholic Register'' January 25, 2020]</ref>

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
*{{cite web
| year = 2007
| url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsaldanha.html
| title = Archdiocese of Lahore
| publisher = Catholic Hierarchy
| accessdate = 2007-02-22
}}
*[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C23%5Cstory_23-1-2006_pg7_16 Daily Times, 23 January 2006]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060721080933/http://www.pcbcsite.org/adiolhe.html Archdiocese of Lahore]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155042/http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0405/14_2361.html Agenzia Fides 14/05/2004]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6110204.stm BBC News, 2 November 2006]

==References==
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| name = Archbishops/Bishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore
| title = Archbishops/Bishops of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore]]
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* Marcel Roger Buyse OFM Cap.
* Felicissimus Alphonse Raeymaeckers OFM Cap.
* [[Armando Trindade]]
* Lawrence Saldanha
* [[Sebastian Francis Shaw]] OFM
}}

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[[Category:Christian clergy from Mangalore]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests]]
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