About Basil Salvadore D'Souza
Basil Salvadore D'Souza was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore from 22 March 1965 until his death on 5 September 1996. He was the longest-serving bishop in the diocese's history. D'Souza served as Chairman of the CBCI Commission of Vocations, in which capacity he founded the National Vocation Centre at Poona. He founded a new mission outside the Mangalore Diocese at Bidar in northern Karnataka, where the number of Christians was small.
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