DeSouza taught at St Paul's English High School and then at St. Anthony's School. He was then appointed Principal of St. John Vianney’s School, a post he held for several years.
In 1963, along with Fr. Dalmatius Geurts, deSouza made an analysis of the situation and a feasibility study and came to the conclusion that there was a big demand for skilled craftsmen in Pakistan. The final plan was to build a school for Metal Work, Auto Mechanics, Electro-Technology, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, and Carpentry. The St. Patrick's Technical School was set up in 1965 by Brother Norman Wray. In 2006 it became the St. Patrick's Institute of Science & Technology.[3]
From 1963–73, deSouza was the pastor of a small Bengali-speaking community in Karachi, where he was involved with their repatriation to Bangladesh in 1973, working with the ICRC and UNHCR. He also taught at St Patrick's High School, where he recruited students to read to the blind at the Ida Rieu School. In 1974, he was appointed Rector of the St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Karachi.
From 1995-2000, deSouza served as St. Patrick’s Cathedral's 40th parish priest.[4] One of his major achievements was in renovating the cathedral building during 1998-1999 with funds from parishioners, former parishioners and well-wishers in Karachi and abroad.[5] The Cathedral was damaged when a bomb set off by suspected fanatics went off three days before Christmas in 1998.[6]
james, desouza, james, jimmy, desouza, december, 1925, january, 2016, catholic, priest, teacher, school, principal, humanitarian, biography, editdesouza, born, karachi, pakistan, educated, patrick, high, school, karachi, received, religious, training, papal, s. James Jimmy deSouza 11 December 1925 28 January 2016 was a Catholic priest teacher school principal and humanitarian Biography EditDeSouza was born in Karachi Pakistan He was educated at St Patrick s High School Karachi 1 He received his religious training at the Papal Seminary Kandy Sri Lanka which he entered in 1944 and was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi on 24 August 1951 2 DeSouza taught at St Paul s English High School and then at St Anthony s School He was then appointed Principal of St John Vianney s School a post he held for several years In 1963 along with Fr Dalmatius Geurts deSouza made an analysis of the situation and a feasibility study and came to the conclusion that there was a big demand for skilled craftsmen in Pakistan The final plan was to build a school for Metal Work Auto Mechanics Electro Technology Air Conditioning amp Refrigeration and Carpentry The St Patrick s Technical School was set up in 1965 by Brother Norman Wray In 2006 it became the St Patrick s Institute of Science amp Technology 3 From 1963 73 deSouza was the pastor of a small Bengali speaking community in Karachi where he was involved with their repatriation to Bangladesh in 1973 working with the ICRC and UNHCR He also taught at St Patrick s High School where he recruited students to read to the blind at the Ida Rieu School In 1974 he was appointed Rector of the St Pius X Minor Seminary in Karachi From 1995 2000 deSouza served as St Patrick s Cathedral s 40th parish priest 4 One of his major achievements was in renovating the cathedral building during 1998 1999 with funds from parishioners former parishioners and well wishers in Karachi and abroad 5 The Cathedral was damaged when a bomb set off by suspected fanatics went off three days before Christmas in 1998 6 DeSouza celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his priesthood in 2001 He was parish priest of St Lawrence s Church Karachi in 2006 2007 7 DeSouza died in the early hours of 28 January 2016 8 References Edit 5 June 2005 The Indian Express UCANews com November 10 1993 Archived from the original on 12 October 2017 Retrieved 31 August 2009 Christian Voice 17 January 2016 The Christian Voice Karachi 11 April 1999 Dawn February 17 1998 UCANews com April 24 2000 Archived from the original on 12 October 2017 Christian Voice 5 August 2007 Goan Voice Accessed 17 March 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James deSouza amp oldid 1077717992, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
