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Mangalore Mar 17: Kulshekar Parish Priest Fr Lawrence DSouza has been appointed as the Director of St John's Medical College, Bangalore, by the Catholic Bishops Conference of India.
A senior priest in the Mangalore diocese, Fr D'Souza served as the Administrator of Fr Muller Charitable Institutions between 1998 and 2006 during which Fr Muller Medical College was established.
He had also served as the Assistant Director of Fr Muller Hospital between 1979 and 1984 besides serving as the Secretary of Catholic Board of Education between 1979 and 1992.
He pursued his PhD from Fordham University in the US on "Administration and supervision in church related institutions" between 1992-1998. Born in 1940 at Pernal near Shirva in Udupi district, he did his early schooling in St Mary's School in Shirva. Fr D'Souza was ordained in 1977.
Fr D'Souza will be director-designate between April 1 and August 31 and take charge as Director of St John's Medical College on September 1, 2008.