He entered the seminary in 1957 and spent seven years of his priestly formation at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.
[1] On 3 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Hyderabad by Pope John Paul II,[2] 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.
[citation needed] 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.
[4] 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.