The Vatican has appointed Fr Peter Paul Saldanha as Mangaluru Diocese Bishop. The announcement was made on Tuesday, at the Bishop’s House in Mangaluru.
Fr Saldanha was born on April 27, 1964, in Kirem parish and was ordained on May 6, 1991. He has served as assistant priest at Moodubelle parish and at Milagres parish in Mangaluru diocese.
At Rome, he earned a Licentiate in 2001 and PhD in Biblical Revelation in 2005 from Pontifical Urban University where he had served as the faculty as well.
Published 03 July 2018, 11:05 IST