Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.

Vicar Apostolic of Nepal

Titular Bishop of Gigthi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1937		Born	Kathmandu
4 May 1968	30.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
9 Apr 1984	46.3	Appointed	Superior of Nepal
8 Nov 1996	58.9	Appointed	Prefect of Nepal
10 Feb 2007	69.2	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nepal
10 Feb 2007	69.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gigthi
5 May 2007	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gigthi

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop

Please contact the Bishop through the Vicariate Apostolic of Nepal.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eric Benjamin †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Pedro López Quintana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Benedict John Osta, S.J.
Archbishop Thomas D’Souza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. (2007)
Archbishop Pedro López Quintana (2003)
Pope Bl. Karol Józef Wojtyła † (1958)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Jan Maurycy Pawel Cardinal Puzyna de Kosielsko † (1886)
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Pope Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga † (1794)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2007
ob: CB
b: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 189, Number 15,417

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