He was ordained a priest by
Pope Paul VI at
St. Peter's Basilica on 6 January 1966. Among his many appointments was serving as Assistant Parish Priest at
Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Karachi and Principal of
St Paul's High School from 1984 to 2000. On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of
Hyderabad by
Pope John Paul II, and consecrated on 25 March 2000 by Archbishop
Simeon Anthony Pereira of Karachi in the presence of the papal nuncio to Pakistan. An apostolic letter from Pope John Paul II was read before the ordination. He was one of the 6 delegates from the Pakistani Church participating in the Asia Mission Congress in
Chiang Mai,
Thailand, from 18 to 11 October 2006. Rodrigues has worked on raising the status of women, often treated as chattels and not educated. Attitudes changed, and girls are sent to school. Rodrigues's resignation as bishop due to his age was accepted by
Pope Francis on 16 December 2014; that same day, Pope Francis appointed the Diocese's
Vicar General, a Franciscan, Samson Shukardin OFM, VG, as Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Hyderabad. On 31 January 2015, he was the principal consecrator of his successor Samson Shukardin. ==References==