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{{short description|Catholic bishop}}<br />
{{BLP sources|date=October 2015}}<br />
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{{Infobox Christian leader<br />
| type = Bishop<br />
| honorific-prefix = His Grace<br />
| name = Max John Rodrigues<br />
| title = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan|Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad]]<br />
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| church = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| archdiocese = <br />
| diocese = <br />
| see = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan|Roman Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad]] (Emeritus)<br />
| term = 2000–2014<br />
| predecessor = [[Joseph Coutts]] <br />
| successor = [[Samson Shukardin]], O.F.M.<br />
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| ordination = 6 January 1966<br />
| ordained_by = [[Pope Paul VI]]<br />
| consecration = 25 March 2000<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Simeon Anthony Pereira]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1938|5|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]<br />
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| previous_post = Principal, [[Saint Paul's English High School|St Paul’s High School]]<br />
| nationality = [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]] <br />
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'''Max John Rodrigues''' was born in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]] (then [[British Raj|British India]]), on 29 May 1938. He entered the seminary in 1957 and spent seven years of his priestly formation at the [[Pontifical Urban University]] in Rome.<br />
== Career ==<br />
He was ordained a priest by [[Pope Paul VI]] at [[St. Peter's Basilica]] on 6 January 1966. Among his many appointments was serving as Assistant Parish Priest at [[Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Karachi]] and Principal of [[Saint Paul's English High School|St Paul's High School]] from 1984 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title =UCANews.com |date=4 April 2000| url=http://www.ucanews.com/2000/04/04/new-bishop-of-hyderabad-ordained/?key=hyderabad+diocese+pakistan}}</ref> On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] by [[Pope John Paul II]],<ref>{{cite web |title = Catholic Hierarchy| url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bromj.html}}</ref> and consecrated on 25 March 2000 by Archbishop [[Simeon Anthony Pereira]] of Karachi in the presence of the papal nuncio to Pakistan. An apostolic letter from Pope John Paul II was read before the ordination.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}<br />
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He was one of the 6 delegates from the Pakistani Church participating in the Asia Mission Congress in [[Chiang Mai]], [[Thailand]], from 18 to 11 October 2006.<ref>[https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Asian-Mission-Congress:-the-courage-to-witness-Christ-in-Pakistan-7499.html Asianews.it] 17 October 2006.</ref><br />
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Rodrigues has worked on raising the status of women, often treated as chattels and not educated. Attitudes changed, and girls are sent to school.<ref>{{cite web|title =Catholic Outreach in Islamic Pakistan|url =http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=28471|access-date =5 July 2009|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100712/http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=28471|archive-date =6 June 2011|url-status =dead}}</ref><br />
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Rodrigues's resignation as bishop due to his age was accepted by [[Pope Francis]] on 16 December 2014; that same day, Pope Francis appointed the Diocese's [[Vicar General]], a Franciscan, Samson Shukardin OFM, VG, as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Hyderabad.<ref>[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fpress.vatican.va%2Fcontent%2Fsalastampa%2Fen%2Fbollettino%2Fpubblico%2F2014%2F12%2F16%2F0964%2F02079.html Vatican Press], 16 December 2014.</ref><br />
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On 31 January 2015, he was the principal consecrator of his successor Samson Shukardin.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bshukar.html Catholic Hierarchy Accessed 14 April 2019]</ref><br />
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