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Bishop Anthony Sharma was born on Dec. 20, 1937. He was the first ethnic Nepalese to be ordained as a Jesuit priest on May 4, 1968. The Holy See designated Nepal as missio sui iuris and appointed Monsignor Sharma as the first ecclesiastical superior of Nepal on Dec. 8, 1984. The country was later elevated to an apostolic prefecture, and Monsignor Sharma became Nepal's Apostolic Prefect on Feb. 12, 1997. On Feb. 10, 2007 the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI has raised the local Church to the status of a vicariate and appointed Monsignor Anthony Sharma as the first apostolic vicar of the new apostolic vicariate, at the same time elevating him to the dignity of bishop. His episcopal ordination took place at Kathmandu Assumption Church on May 5, 2007. Bishop Anthony Sharma is also the president of Caritas Nepal and patron of the Nepal Catholic Society. On Apr 25, 2014 he retired. On Dec 8, 2015 He died.
