Gervas Rozario, Doctor of Divinity was born on August 15, 1951, at Satiangasa village in Natore.
Education
He studied his primary education in Saint Joseph’s Primary School, Bonpara, Natore. He completed his Higher School Certificate in Notre Dame College, Dhaka in 1973. He completed his Bachelor of Arts from Natre Dame College, Dhaka in 1975.
He also finished Philosophy and Theology from the Holy Sprite Major Seminary in Dhaka during 1975-1980.
Career
Peter Rozario and late mrs. Agatha Costa. He is bishop of Roman Catholic diocese of Rajshahi. In his diocese has 59,630 Catholics.
He grow up in very simple family.
He was talented learner. He passed SSC from Saint Philip’s High School, Dinajpur in 1970.
He was ordained a priest on December 31, 1980, and appointed Bishop of Rajshahi on January
15, 2007. His ordination as the Bishop of Rajshahi took place on March 22, 2007.
Bishop Rozario is now Chairman of Catholic Bishops’ Episcopal Commission for Social Communications and Episcopal Commission Justice and Peace. He is also vice-President of The Catholic Bishops" Conference of Bangladesh, founded in 1971, that is the General Body of the Bishops of Bangladesh. In addition, he was vice rector at the National Major Seminary and taught in the department of world religions at Dhaka University.
He has worked with youths, and on health and natural family planning issues, and has contributed to various Church publications.
Membership
He is general body member of Caritas Bangladesh and member of board of trustees of Notre Dame University Bangladesh The new bishop has served as a parish priest in several Rajshahi parishes and as rector in the minor seminaries in Dinajpur and Dhaka dioceses.