Background
Pinto, Evarist was born on December 31, 1933 in Goa, Pakistan.
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Education
He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi, where he was ordained a priest on 6 January 1968. He is fluent in almost 10 languages including English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, German, French and Konkani.
Career
Father Pinto taught Sacred Scripture at Christ the King Seminary and was pastor of Saint Lawrence’s Church, Karachi. He obtained a doctorate in biblical theology at the Urbanian University, Rome, and a master"s degree in sacred scripture at the "Biblicum". On 17 February 2000 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Karachi by Pope John Paul World War II He became Archbishop of Karachi on 5 January 2004 on the retirement of the incumbent Archbishop Simeon Anthony Pereira.
The seat of the Archdiocese of Karachi is at Saint Patrick"s Cathedral, Karachi.
He selected as his motto “Preach the Good News to the Poor". On April 30, 2006 the Archdiocese attended the first-ever Catholic film screened in Pakistan.
lieutenant was presented as “a historical moment" to the 450 guests at the premier of Muhjza, held in Street Paul"s Parish, Azam Basti. In April 2008 Archbishop Evarist Pinto performed the groundbreaking on the 2,044 square meter site of the new Saint Pius X Minor Seminary.
The 12th General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops took place in Rome from 5–26 October 2008.
Archbishop Pinto represented the Catholic Bishops" Conference of Pakistan at the Synod. In July 2011, Pinto attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Saint John Marie Vianney Church in Street Paul"s Parish, Azam Basti. The Archdiocese plans to construct five new Churches in 2011.
On 25 January 2012, Archbishop Pinto resigned after reaching the age of 75.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Joseph Coutts of Faisalabad as his replacement.
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