| Juventius Andrade, C.Ss.R. Province of Bangalore – ---------------------------------------------------- He
was born in He did his schooling at St. Michael's High School Mahim, Mumbai and graduated in Commerce and Economics from the University of Mumbai in 1978. He joined the Redemptorists on January 6, 1980 and made his novitiate in Bangalore in 1980-1981, professing vows for the first time on June 27, 1981. He professed perpetual vows on June 28, 1985. He did his philosophical and theological studies at St. Alphonsus College, Bangalore from 1981 to 1988. He was ordained a priest in his home parish, St. Michael’s Church, Mahim, Mumbai on April 24, 1988. From 1988 to 1991 he conducted seminars and served on the Mission Staff, preaching parish renewal missions and retreats to different groups. From 1991 to 1995 he did his licentiate in Sacred Scripture at the Biblicum in Rome and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. From 1995 to 2003 he served as Scripture professor at Sadupadesa College (philosophy) and St. Alphonsus College (theology), Bangalore. From 1996 to 1999 he was appointed and served as Dean of St. Alphonsus College, Bangalore and assistant student formation director. He served on the staff of St. Peter’s Pontifical
Institute where he taught Scripture and Biblical Hebrew. He also lectured
in other seminaries in Bangalore and other parts of He has been involved in the ongoing scriptural formation for laypeople at the National Biblical, Catechetical and Liturgical Center. He has conducted retreats for diocesan and religious priests and served as chaplain to the Christian Family Movement, assisting especially the Bangalore Diocesan Family Welfare Centre. He served the Province of Bangalore, India from 1999 to 2002 as the Provincial Vicar. In 2002 he was elected the second provincial Consultor and appointed secretary of the Province. Fr. Andrade was elected a General Consultor from the Asia-Oceania Region on October 1, 2003, at the XXIII General Chapter in Rome. |