William D'SouzaWilliam D’Souza, S.J is the Archbishop Emeritus of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Patna, India.Early lifeHe was born in Madanthyar in Mangalore, Karnataka on 5 March 1946.PriesthoodHe was ordained a Catholic Missionary Priest for the Society of Jesus on 3 May 1976.EpiscopateHe was appointed Bishop of Buxar on 12 December 2005 and ordained a bishop on 25 March 2006. He was appointed Archbishop of Patna on 1 October 2007. On 9 December 2020 D’Souza's resignation was accepted by Pope Francis, and auxiliary bishop Sebastian Kallupura was named as his successor.