Education
First, he completed his Master of Arts in Philosophy and then, in 1951, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Philosophy.
First, he completed his Master of Arts in Philosophy and then, in 1951, he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Philosophy.
18 January 1920, in Hashnabad, East Bengal, India (present Bangladesh) – 2 September 1977) was Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka from 1967 until his death on 2 September 1977. As usual, he was liked and appreciated by both the professors and seminarians for his studies and humble behaviour. In 1947, newly consecrated Bishop Lawrence Leo Graner, Computer Sciences Corporation, of the Diocese of Dhaka, sent Father Ganguly to the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, for higher studies in philosophy.
Father Ganguly was the first Bengali Christian to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Sent to the novitiate in Jordan, Minnesota, on August 16, 1952, he made his Religious Profession on August 16, 1952 before returning to Dhaka in October of that year. Appointed a professor of Logic and English at Notre Dame College, founded by Holy Cross in Dhaka in 1949, he became the Dean of Studies in 1954, and, in 1958, he was appointed Vice Principal of the college.
After Father James L. Martin died suddenly in 1960, Father Ganguly succeeded him as the principal. Again, he broke new ground as the first Bangali to hold the position.
In 1960, Ganguly was consecrated a bishop and dually appointed the Titular Bishop of Oliva as well as the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka.
Five years later he was dually appointed Titular Archbishop of Drizipara and the Coadjutor Archbishop of Dhaka. In November 1967 he became the Metropolitan Archbishop of Dhaka. He was also the President of Pakistan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (PCBC) (1971–1973) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) (1973–1977).
He died suddenly on 2 September 1977 of a heart attack.
Initiation of canonization process
Archbishop Ganguly"s canonization process started in 2006. Archbishop Paulinus Costa of Dhaka, on September 2 of that year, in an official ceremony at Saint Mary"s Cathedral in Dhaka, introduced the causes and opened the diocesan inquiry on Archbishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, Computer Sciences Corporation The process of his canonization is at the first stage known as "Servant of God".