RIP
FR. VALENTINE DE SOUZA SJ
We are sad to inform you that FR. VALENTINE DE SOUZA SJ (GUJARAT) 92 years old / 74 years in the Society of Jesus, passed away on 6th April, 2020 at 06.55 AM in Our Lady of Pilar Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat – I N D I A.
He will be taken to Mandal Parish.
May the good Lord grant Fr. Valentine de Souza eternal rest. May his soul rest in peace.
Biographical Sketch
Fr. Valentine de Souza SJ was born on 17 July, 1927, in Karachi, Sindh Dt. (St. Patrick’s Parish) in today’s Pakistan. He entered the Society of Jesus on 27 April, 1945, Vinayalaya, Bombay. He was ordained in Pune, on 24th March 1960. He pronounced his Final Vows on 2nd February, 1963.

Father: CELERIANO

Mother: THEODALINDA

Responsibilities Held in the Society Responsibilities Held in the Society Responsibility
ASST PARISH PRIEST
PRINCIPAL
ASST PARISH PRIEST DISTRICT SUPERIOR MINISTER

Place Year
SURAT 1963
ST XAVIER’S, SURAT 1964-65 VYARA 1966-72 VYARA 1968-79 VYARA 1969

PARISH PRIEST
MINISTER
SABATICAL
PROCURATO AND MINISTER DISTRICT SUPERIOR
PARISH PRIEST AND SUPERIOR PROVINCE CONSULTOR DISTRICT COORDINATOR INFIRMARIAN
ASST PARISH PRIEST

VYARA 1973 VYARA 1983 NEWYORK 1985-86 JEEVAN DARSHAN, BARODA 1987-88 VADODARA 1992-96 MANDAL 1996
1995 SOUTH GUJARAT 1997
JEEVAN DARSHAN 2002-2004 MANDAL 2004-2020
May his soul rest in peace.