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Who is nepal's first bishop? |
Travel Info Who is nepal's first bishop? Travel Tips Father Anthony Francis Sharma (birth name: Amulya Nath Sharma) is now Nepal's first bishop! Source(s): http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=231... Other Travel Tips AMULYA NATH SHARMA is Nepal's first Bishop.. Sharma, 69, embraced Christianity at the age of four when his mother, converted in India's Assam state. He will be ordained at an official ceremony in Kathmandu on May 5 when he will be sworn in by the Pope's representative, Papal nuncio papal Pedro Lopez Quintana, in a ceremony to be also attended by the archbishops of Patna and Bagdogra from India. Pope Benedict XVI elevated Nepal from a prefecture to vicariate and named Father Anthony Francis Sharma as the kingdom's first bishop. Twenty-one years ago, Amulya Nath Sharma spent Easter in a Kathmandu police station for preaching before a gathering that also included Hindu relatives of churchgoers. Now, with the world鈥檚 only Hindu kingdom becoming a secular state, he will lead Nepal鈥檚 growing Christian community as the country鈥檚 first bishop. Earlier this month, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Nepal from a prefecture to a vicariate and named Father Anthony Francis Sharma as the kingdom鈥檚 first bishop. Sharma, 69, will be ordained at an official ceremony in Kathmandu on May 5. It is a moment of exultation for Nepal鈥檚 Christian community which, till 1990s, faced prison for proselytising. Conversion was a punishable offence in Nepal till last April, when a revolt forced King Gyanendra to step down as the head of the government and the newly-restored parliament declared Nepal a secular state. readers digest |
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