Robert McCulloch (priest)
| Robert McCulloch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 Alexandra, Victoria, Australia |
| Residence | Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Master of Arts in Church History |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. |
| Occupation | Catholic priest |
| Years active | 1970 - |
| Employer | Catholic Diocese of Hyderabad, Pakistan |
| Organization | Society of St Columban |
| Known for | improving the education and basic health care of the poor of Sindh Province, Pakistan |
| Notable work | translation of Catholic Catechism into Urdu language |
| Board member of | St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Hyderabad Centre of Academic Excellence |
| Parent(s) | Bruce John McCulloch and Jean Frances Crowe |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Quaid-i-Azam |
Robert McCulloch SSC is an Australian priest and member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban, who served in Pakistan from 1978 to 2011. He was decorated by the Government of Pakistan for his services to health and education in 2012.
McCulloch was born in 1946 in Alexandra, Victoria, to Bruce John McCulloch and Jean Frances Crowe. He was educated at St Patrick's School, Mentone, Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Primary School, Cheltenham, and St Bede's College, Mentone.
McCulloch entered the Society of St Columban in 1964, spending his initial year of probation in Sassafras, Victoria. He began his studies at St Columban's Seminary in Sydney in 1965 and was ordained a priest in 1970. In 1976 he received a Master of Arts in Church History from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Since 1978 he has worked to increase the education and basic health care of the poor and mainly non-Christian people of Pakistan.
McCulloch has served in two Diocese of Hyderabad parishes: Kotri, a rural area 100 miles (160 km) east of Karachi; and Machar Colony, a community of 300 Catholic families in the slums of Hyderabad. After a spell in Badin, he started working with the semi-nomadic Hindu tribe of Parkari Kohli in Tharparkar District. During this period, McCulloch helped the tribe design an alphabet for their language, for which he called on two linguists for their help. After the local population had opted for using the Sindhi alphabet, with a few minor changes, people gathered proverbs and sayings and launched the first Parkari Kohli newspaper, Prem Paracha. In this he helped to save the native language and culture.
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