Mumbai’s Cardinal Ivan Dias was a very jovial, soft-spoken and able spiritual leader. He provided the right leadership for the Catholic Church in India. He was also a great Vatican diplomat and accepted great responsibilities in the Vatican departments in Rome. He was born on April 14, 1936 and entered the Holy See’s diplomatic service in 1964.
On November 8, 1996, he was made the Archbishop of Bombay. Later, he was proclaimed Cardinal on February 21, 2001 by the late St Pope John Paul II. We have lost a born leader. May his soul rest in peace.
Jubel D’Cruz,
Mumbai, India
