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Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes New Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka

Pope Francis on Monday appointed an auxiliary bishop to the diocese of Dhaka in Bangladesh.  Fr. Shorot ‎Francis Gomes, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Sylhet is the new Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka.  He takes the place of Auxiliary Bishop Theotonius Gomes who retired in April 2014.    Born Dec. 15, 1965, in Hashnabad, Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes completed his primary and secondary schooling from Holy Cross Bandura and entered the Little Flower Minor Seminary in the capital Dhaka.  While at Dhaka's St. Joseph  Seminary, he studied for his B.A. degree at Notre Dame College.  In 1984 he began studying philosophy and theology at Holy Spirit Major Seminary.  After his ordination on May 31, 1990, he was assigned several posts such as parish priest of the Cathedral parish and of Nagari Church and rector of the Little Flower Minor Seminary, Bandura.  From 1998 to 2002 he was in Rome, where he obtained a doct...

Pope Francis on Monday appointed an auxiliary bishop to the diocese of Dhaka in Bangladesh.  Fr. Shorot ‎Francis Gomes, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Sylhet is the new Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka.  He takes the place of Auxiliary Bishop Theotonius Gomes who retired in April 2014.    

Born Dec. 15, 1965, in Hashnabad, Fr. Shorot Francis Gomes completed his primary and secondary schooling from Holy Cross Bandura and entered the Little Flower Minor Seminary in the capital Dhaka.  While at Dhaka's St. Joseph  Seminary, he studied for his B.A. degree at Notre Dame College.  In 1984 he began studying philosophy and theology at Holy Spirit Major Seminary.  After his ordination on May 31, 1990, he was assigned several posts such as parish priest of the Cathedral parish and of Nagari Church and rector of the Little Flower Minor Seminary, Bandura.  From 1998 to 2002 he was in Rome, where he obtained a doctoral degree in moral theology from Alfonsianum.  Back in Bangladesh he served as the parish priest of Nagari and Tejgaon from 2002 to ’05.  He was appointed the vice-rector of the Holy Spirit Major Seminary which he served until his appointment as Vicar General of Sylhet Diocese in 2012.

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