Pope Francis on Feb. 8 appointed Father Shorot Francis Gomes as the new auxiliary bishop of Dhaka Archdiocese. He replaces Auxiliary Bishop Theotonius Gomes, who retired in April 2014.
Bishop-elect Gomes was born Dec. 15, 1965, in Hashnabad parish of Dhaka. He completed his primary and secondary education at Bandura Holy Cross High School.
He graduated from Notre Dame College in Dhaka and studied theology and philosophy at Holy Spirit National Major Seminary also in Dhaka. He was ordained a priest in 1990.
In 2002, he received a doctorate in moral theology from the Alphonsianum Academy in Rome.
He served as parish priest in various parishes in Dhaka, as the rector of Little Flower Minor Seminary and vice rector and rector of the National Major Seminary. Since 2012, he served as the vicar-general of Sylhet Diocese.
Dhaka is the only archdiocese among a total of eight dioceses in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.