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Key facts
- Church
- Catholic Church Latin Church
- Archdiocese
- Bombay
- Installed
- 20 May 2006
- Term ended
- 10 May 2011
- Predecessor
- Crescenzio Sepe
- Successor
- Fernando Filoni
- Other post
- Cardinal priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella
- Previous posts
- 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)
- 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
- 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″N 12°31′13″E / 41.9015°N 12.5203°E / 41.9015; 12.5203
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Parents
- Carlo Nazaro Dias Maria Martins Dias
- Alma mater
- St. Stanislaus High School , Mumbai
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ivan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Mumbai
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- Catholic bishop
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- 2005 conclave
- Field of work
- Catholic theology
- Image
- Ivan-Dias-3.jpg
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- Ivan Dias
- date of birth
- 1936-04-14
- date of death
- 2017-06-19
- consecrator
- Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
- place of burial
- Campo Verano
- name in native language
- Ivan Dias
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
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