Francis Leo Braganza (29 January 1922 – 21 December 2011) was an Indian

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priest. He was the bishop of the diocese of

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...

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, from 1987 to 1997. Francis Braganza was born in

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, India, ordained a

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on 21 November 1951 in the

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. Braganza was appointed

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to the Diocese of Baroda on 27 April 1987 and ordained bishop 29 June 1987. Braganza retired on 29 August 1997. He lived in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

, Gujarat, India, where he died in 2011, aged 89.

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