Pope appoints new bishop for Bangladesh s indigenous diocese
Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes to guide Sylhet Diocese s predominantly indigenous Catholics
Auxiliary Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes of Dhaka has been appointed the new bishop of predominantly indigenous Sylhet Diocese in northeast Bangladesh. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News)
Pope Francis has named Auxiliary Bishop Shorot Francis Gomes of Dhaka Archdiocese as the new bishop of predominantly indigenous Sylhet Diocese in northeast Bangladesh.
Archbishop George Kocherry, apostolic nuncio to Bangladesh, announced the appointment at 4pm local time on May 12, according to a press release from the Catholic bishops’ Social Communication Commission.
Bishop Gomes, 56, is the second bishop of Sylhet Diocese since it was carved out from Dhaka Archdiocese and made a diocese in 2011. He succeeds Oblate Bishop Bejoy N. D’Cruze, the first bishop, who was appointed archbishop of Dhaka and transferred to the nation’s capital last year.
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select On April 14, 1921, the Sentinel reported on the first local womenâs groups to affiliate themselves with new National Council of Catholic Women.
After decades of advocacy and protest, American women had only just secured the vote nationwide. A few years earlier, while the doughboys were fighting overseas, mothers, wives and daughters had stepped into influential roles including in the Catholic Church.
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