Mangaluru: Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ, who has been serving as the Rector of St Aloysius Institutions, was on Tuesday, August 25, appointed as the new Provincial of the Karnataka Jesuit Province. He will be taking over charge from Fr Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza SJ.

Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ served as the Rector of St Aloysius Institutions from May 2, 2016. He is an alumnus of this illustrious institution from 1969 to 1981 and again from 1994-97.

Hailing from Highlands, Falnir Fr Dion Vaz was born to Richard Vaz and Juliet Vaz as one of the four children. He joined the Society of Jesus, a world-renowned Catholic religious order founded by St Ignatius of Loyola in 1981 at Mount St Joseph, Bengaluru, did a year-long juniorate programme at Beschi College, Dindigul, Philosophy studies at JDV, Pune, theology at Vidyajyothi, Delhi. He was ordained a priest on 14 April 1997. He has had hands-on experience in the formation of young Jesuits, Social work, Ignatian Spirituality, counselling and even in the pastoral field. He has an M.A in Sociology.