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Augustine Soares is a Roman Catholic priest in Karachi, Pakistan. He was born in Karachi and received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi. Soon after his ordination he was sent to Rome for higher studies. After returning from Rome he served as Assistant Parish Priest at the Cathedral Parish, where he took a special interest in youth groups.〔Christian Voice April 12, 1998〕 Fr. Soares also taught religion in 1972 at St Patrick's High School, Karachi.〔Christian Voice August 06, 2000〕 For much of his ministry he served as a dedicated Parish Priest, first as Pastor of St. John's Church in Drigh Colony and later at the new parish of St. Thomas' Church across the Drigh Road. From 2001 – 2005 he was Rector of the Diocesan St. Pius X Minor Seminary in Karachi. On 22 April 2005 he was appointed Rector of Christ the King major seminary by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. He saw the seminary celebrate its golden jubilee in 2006. In 2008 he introduced the Cardinal Cordeiro Cricket tournament which the seminary has been hosting to promote religious vocations and remember Pakistan’s first cardinal.〔(UCANews September 17, 2010 )〕 In 2010 he was also rector of the National Catholic Institute of Theology in Karachi.〔Express Tribune June 18, 2010〕 On May 4, 2012 Fr. Benjamin Shahzad was appointed Rector of the Christ the King Major Seminary〔(Agenzia Fides 18 December 2012 )〕 while Soares was appointed judicial vicar of the Archdiocese. In August 2015 Soares was reported to be the Parish Priest of St. Jude's Church, Karachi.〔(AsiaNews 17 August 2015 )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Augustine Soares」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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