Ivan Dias

His Eminence Ivan Cornelius Dias JCD
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Archdiocese	Bombay
Installed	20 May 2006
Term ended	10 May 2011
Predecessor	Crescenzio Sepe
Successor	Fernando Filoni
Other post(s)	Cardinal priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella
Previous post(s)	Titular Archbishop of Rusibisir (1981‍–‍1996) Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Ghana, Togo and Benin (1981‍–‍1986) Apostolic Nuncio to Korea (1986‍–‍1991) Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1991‍–‍1996) Archbishop of Bombay (1996‍–‍2006)
Orders
Ordination	8 December 1958 by Valerian Gracias
Consecration	19 June 1981 by Agostino Casaroli
Created cardinal	21 February 2001 by Pope John Paul II
Rank	Cardinal priest
Personal details
Born	Ivan Cornelius Dias (1936-04-14)14 April 1936 Bandra, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	19 June 2017(2017-06-19) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Buried	Campo Verano 41°54′05″N 12°31′13″E / 41.9015°N 12.5203°E / 41.9015; 12.5203
Nationality	Indian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	Carlo Nazaro Dias Maria Martins Dias
Alma mater	St. Stanislaus High School, Mumbai
Motto	Servus (Latin for 'Servant')
Signature
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Styles of Ivan Cornelius Dias
Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Bombay (Emeritus)

Ivan Cornelius Dias (14 April 1936 – 19 June 2017) was an Indian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2006 to 2011, Archbishop of Bombay from 1996 to 2006, and before that a papal ambassador in the Balkans, East Asia, and West Africa. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001.^[1]