Evarist Pinto
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His Grace Evarist Pinto |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| See | Karachi |
| In office | 2004 – 2012 |
| Predecessor | Simeon Anthony Pereira |
| Successor | Joseph Coutts |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 6 January 1968 by Joseph Cordeiro |
| Consecration | April 25, 2000 by Alessandro D´Errico |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 31, 1933 Goa, Portuguese India |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Previous post | Archbishop of Karachi |
Evarist Pinto (born 31 December 1933 in Goa, Portuguese India) is the former Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan.
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.
Father Pinto taught Sacred Scripture at Christ the King Seminary and was pastor of St. 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 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".
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