D'Arcy D'Souza

Father D'Arcy D'Souza (June 4, 1913 – December 10, 2009, Karachi) was a Pakistani Roman Catholic priest who spent 66 years of his priestly life serving the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, making him at the time of his death, the longest-serving priest in the archdiocese.

D'Souza completed a degree in civil engineering from the University of Bombay (now Mumbai)'s Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute before his ordination into the priesthood in 1943. He was the first Parishioner of St. Lawrence’s Parish to enter the Papal Seminary.

He served as science teacher in St Patrick's High School, Karachi until 1952, when he was appointed Principal of St Bonaventure's High School, Hyderabad. He then went on to become the second Principal of Saint Patrick's College, Karachi.

From 1972 to 1973 he served as parish priest at St. Jude's Parish and from 1975 to 1979 as assistant parish priest.

As the Archdiocese's longest serving priest he was selected to give the keynote address at the celebration of the silver jubilee of the episcopal ordination of the previous Archbishop, Simeon Anthony Pereira on October 4, 1996.