New Delhi, June 28, 2025 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV in kum 62 a upa Bishop Elias Frank of Asansol June 28, 2025 ni’n Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Calcutta dingin ana tel tahi.
15 August 1962 kumin Diocese of Mangalore, Infant Jesus Parish a Bantwal khuo ah ana pieng hi. Modankap parish school ah sang ana kai a tualeh St. Anthony’s College Shillong ah higher secondary ana jou hi. 1983 kumin Archdiocese of Kolkata (Calcutta) ana zawm a, St. John Mary Vianney Seminary, Barasat ah Minor Seminary Formation ana bol a tualeh Morning Star Regional Seminary, Barrackpore ah philosophy ana sim a tuajou in Pontifical Urbaniana University Rome ah theology ana sim kia hi. 23 April 1993 kumin Our Lady of Happy Voyage Church, Howrah ah Archdiocese of Culcutta neiah siempu hina a suhdetna ana nga hi.
Siempu ahijou in:
1993-1995: Parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Church, Burdwan.
1995-1996: Priest –in – charge of Kristo Jyothi Church, Basinda.
1996-1999: Parochial vicar again at Sacred Heart Church, Burdwan.
2002-2003: Parish administrator of St. Therese of Lisieux Parish, Durgapur.
2005-2006: Parish priest of Sacred Heart Church, Burdwan and served as judge at the Inter-Diocesan Tribunal of Kolkata.
1999-2001: Higher studies at Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome (earned Licentiate in Canon Law in 2001-2002).
2003-2004: Doctorate in Canon Law.
2007-2023: Professor of “The Sanctifying office of the Church” in the Faculty of Canon Law.
Tualeh 2020 kum apat in Accademai Alfonsiana ah visiting professor ana hi a, Laibu 2 ana publish a tualeh adang tampi jong agiel hi. Lus Missionale editor of the journal, external judge of the First Instance Tribunal of the Vicariate of Rome, Consultor of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and Commissioner for in favorem fidei marriage cases at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith panmun te jong ana luo hi.
3 July 2023 kumin Pope Francis in second Bishop of Asansol dingin anatel a tualeh 24 August 2023 in Bishop hina a suhdetna ana nga hi.
Translated by: William Zo
