Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal

Titular Bishop of Gigthi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Dec 1937		Born
4 May 1968	30.3	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	69.1	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Nepal
10 Feb 2007	69.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gigthi
5 May 2007	69.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gigthi
25 Apr 2014	76.3	Retired	Vicar Apostolic of Nepal
8 Dec 2015	77.9	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal

MicroData Summary
Anthony Francis Sharma
Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma S.J.
(born 12 Dec 1937, died 8 Dec 2015)
Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nepal

Ad Limina - September 2011: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kathmandu

a priest for 47.5 years
a bishop for 8.5 years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Pedro López Quintana (2003)
Titular Archbishop of Acropolis
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Simick (2014)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Kathmandu

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q573262

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 10 Feb 2007
ob: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 189, Number 15,417
r: Bollettino, 25 Apr 2014
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 225, Necrology (back)

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