Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze was born on 9 February 1956 in the village of Tuital, in the sub-district of Chapai Nawabganj Sadar in northwestern Bangladesh.

As a child he attended the local Holy Spirit Church, a non-denominational religious center with Christian origins.

[citation needed] He said the diocese was well established, with 61 schools and four hospitals, but looked to the government for protection from Islamic extremists.

[4] The fact that the Catholics of the diocese were ethnic Bengalis removed one possible source of friction, and relations between religious group were respectful.

[6] On 8 July 2011, Pope Benedict XVI erected the Diocese of Sylhet on territory taken from the Archdiocese of Dhaka and appointed him its first bishop.

[8] He said Islamic fundamentalism played a small role in the region, though converting Muslims was prohibited and Christians, just one percent of the population, suffered from discrimination.

As a minority in many ways, they face discrimination and victimization by large commercial interests that destroy villages as they expand tea plantations without regard for the indigenous people's ancestral lands.

[10] He was treasurer of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB) for several years before being elected its general secretary on 15 August 2020.