Background
Sharma, Anthony Francis was born on December 12, 1937 in Tindharia, West Bengal, India. Son of Tarunraj and Hima Angelica (Kumari) Sharma. arrived in Nepal, 1984.
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Sharma, Anthony Francis was born on December 12, 1937 in Tindharia, West Bengal, India. Son of Tarunraj and Hima Angelica (Kumari) Sharma. arrived in Nepal, 1984.
Bachelor of Philosophy, De Nobili College, Pune, Maharastra, India, 1962. Master of Science in Psychology and Counseling, De La Salle University, Manila, 1973.
He was ordained the Nepal"s first Catholic bishop in 2007. He founded Caritas Nepal, the Catholic service organization, in 1990. He lobbied for official recognition of the Catholic faith by the government.
Sharma also oversaw the establishment of 23 Catholic schools in the country.
In 1984, Sharma was appointed superior and then prefect of Nepal in 1996. He was appointed titular bishop of Gigtha and vicar apostolic of Nepal in 2007.
In 2014, Sharma retired.
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