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Birth Date :  28 May, 1967
Ordained Priest :  23 April, 1996
Joined V.O.K :  20 Dec, 2000
E-mail Address:
meldic@hotmail.com

Fr. Melvin D’Cunha was born in Madanthyar, Mangalore. He joined the Carmelite Order (O.C.D.) in 1985 and did his studies in various places like Goa, Mysore, Bangalore and Mangalore.

Fr. Melvin did his first profession in Margoa, Goa on October 15, 1988.

He graduated (B.A.) from the Mysore University in 1991. His studies in Philosophy were done in Pusphosrama, Mysore.

In 1992, he did his Regency in Bombay and completed his Theology and Bachelor of Theology at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Mangalore.

Fr. Melvin was ordained Deacon on October 12, 1995 and ordained to the priesthood on April 23, 1996.

From May 31, 1996 until he came to Kuwait on December 20, 2000, Fr. Melvin was the Assistant Parish Priest at St. Joseph’s Church, Mira Road, Bombay.

Fr. D’Cunha has also finished a 3 year Diploma in Formation & Counseling from AVP-Adyatma Vidya Pita in Bangalore. His other interests and hobbies are sports, games and music, both instrumental and vocal. He passed Grade 3 with distinction, the Theory of Music from Trinity College of Music, London, in 1991.

In September 2006, Fr. D’Cunha the current Parish Priest of the Holy Family Cathedral, was appointed as the new Superior of the Carmelite Mission in Kuwait, by the Father General of the Carmelite Order in Rome. Please pray for him and his intentions.