Election of the Provincial Minister and the Council – Holy Trinity Capuchin Province, Karnataka
Bengaluru, Apr 23: On Wednesday, April 23, 2025, Fr Robin Victor Dsouza, OFM, Cap, was elected as the Provincial Minister, by the X Ordinary Provincial Chapter held at Shanti Sadhana, FISI, Bengaluru.

He will animate the Holy Trinity Capuchin Province, Karnataka for a term of three years. Fr Robin Victor Dsouza, hails from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Nakre, in the diocese of Udupi.

Fr Paul Melwyn Dsouza (re-elected as Vicar Provincial and first Councillor); Fr Naveen Santhosh Dsouza, the second councillor; Fr Charles Furtado, the third councillor and Fr Anthony Raj, the fourth councillor, have been elected as Provincial Councillors to accompany the Provincial Minister.

The Holy Trinity Province of Karnataka has a membership of over 242 perpetually professed Capuchin priests and brothers, working in Karnataka, Bhopal, Nagaland-Manipur, Mizoram-Tripura, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Japan, Arabia, Italy, Turkey, New York, Guam, Germany and Israel.

Franciscan Capuchins who follow and imitate the spirit of St Francis of Assisi are known for their missionary zeal, confession ministry, preaching, apostolate of education and social work.