re: "Kathmandu, May. 6 (PTI): The first Catholic Bishop of Nepal was officially appointed at a special function near here today, nearly a year after the former Hindu nation declared itself a secular state. /Addressing the ceremony at the Catholic Church at Dhobighat in the outskirts of Kathmandu, Bishop Anthony Francis Sharma pledged greater participation of the Christian community for the development of the country. /There are some 3,000 Catholics in Nepal, though the Protestants are claimed to have reached one million in number. /The 69-year-old Bishop was born as Amulya Nath Sharma, a Hindu Brahmin, but later switched to Christianity..."...
hat tip: New Oxford Review
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