Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Richard D’Souza SJ as the new Director of the Vatican Observatory. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2025/07/31/250731b.html

Fr D’Souza, was born in Pune.

• BSc Physics, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai, India, 2002
• MSc Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2005
• Bachelors in Philosophy, Jnana Deepa Vidyapeth, Pune, India, 2007
• Bachelors in Theology, Jnana Deepa Vidyapeth, Pune, India, 2011
• PhD in Astronomy, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, 2016