For the Portuguese futsal player, see Ivan Almeida Dias.
His Eminence
Ivan Cornelius Dias
JCD
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Church
Catholic Church
Latin Church
Archdiocese
Bombay
Installed
20 May 2006
Term ended
10 May 2011
Predecessor
Crescenzio Sepe
Successor
Fernando Filoni
Other post(s)
Cardinal priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella
Orders
Ordination
8 December 1958 by Valerian Gracias
Consecration
19 June 1981 by Agostino Casaroli
Created cardinal
21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Rank
Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born
Ivan Cornelius Dias
(1936-04-14)14 April 1936
Bandra, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died
19 June 2017(2017-06-19) (aged 81) [Rome, Italy
Buried
Campo Verano 41°54′05″N12°31′13″E / 41.9015°N 12.5203°E / 41.9015; 12.5203
Nationality
Indian
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Parents
Carlo Nazaro Dias
Maria Martins Dias
Previous post(s)
Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir (1981–1996)
Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Togo and Benin (1981–1986)
Apostolic Nuncio to Korea (1986–1991)
Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1991–1996)
Archbishop of Bombay (1996–2006)
Alma mater
St. Stanislaus High School, Mumbai
Motto
Servus (Latin for 'Servant')
Signature
Coat of arms
Styles of Ivan Cornelius Dias
Reference style
His Eminence
Spoken style
Your Eminence
Informal style
Cardinal
See
Bombay (Emeritus)
Ordination history of Ivan Dias
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by
Valerian Gracias
Date
8 December 1958
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator
Agostino Casaroli
Co-consecrators
Achille Silvestrini,
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
Date
19 June 1982
Place
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Cardinalate
Elevated by
Pope John Paul II
Date
21 February 2001
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Ivan Dias as principal consecrator
Oswald Gracias
16 September 1997
Percival Joseph Fernandez
21 April 2001
Agnelo Rufino Gracias
21 April 2001
George Antonysamy
21 September 2005
António Francisco Jaca, S.V.D.
22 July 2007
Yves Marie Monot
7 September 2008
Ivan Cornelius Dias (14 April 1936 – 19 June 2017) was an Indian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006, and before that a papal ambassador in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001.[1]
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