Andrew Francis (bishop), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Pakistani bishop
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Place of Birth: British Raj, United Kingdom
About Andrew Francis (bishop)
- Andrew Francis (29 November 1946 – 6 June 2017) was the Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Multan from 2000 to 2014. He was born in Adah, Pakistan on 29 November 1946.
- He was educated at St.
- Mary’s Convent school, Adah and St Francis High School, Lahore.He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi.
- On 10 January 1972, he was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.
- He has been rector of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Lahore in 1986 and later Parish Priest of St.
- Anthony's Church, Lahore, until his ordination as bishop in February 2000. On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Multan in Pakistan.
- He was ordained as bishop on 26 February 2000.It was later revealed that a civil court had issued a stay order on the ordination of the Bishop-elect, but he was ordained before the court order arrived.
- Archbishop Alessandro D'Errico, apostolic nuncio to Pakistan, and Bishop Anthony Lobo of Islamabad-Rawalpindi presided at the ordination of Bishop Francis at a private chapel of the Lahore archbishop's house.Bishop Francis was the chairman of the National Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue and Ecumenism, National Commission of Sacred Liturgy and National Commission of Catholic Urdu Literature.
- Also he was a member of Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue - Rome, International Commission for English in the Liturgy, USA and the Minority Committee of the Government of Pakistan.In 2014 Francis was injured in a car accident and became a wheelchair user.On 13 June 2014 Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Andrew Francis in accordance with canon 401 para.
- 2 of the Code of Canon Law, and appointed Benny Travas of Karachi as Apostolic Administrator.
- Bishop Andrew died on 6 June 2017, aged 70.
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