Some news about a former parish priest

My mother and sister were discussing a certain parish priest back in Oman and I Googled his name.

The appointment of Catholic priest Fr Lester Mendonca as Military Chaplain to the Canadian Forces at their Educational Training base at Borden, Ontario, is indeed a great honour for Canadians and immigrants of Indian origin in Canada...Fr Lester Mendonca who is also a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, was ordained in Ontario in 1992 by the Vicar Apostolic of Arabia Bishop B Gremoli. His family has been in Canada since nearly three decades. As an incardinated member of the Vicariate of Arabia, he has served as assistant parish priest in Bahrain (1993-1997), in Muscat (1997-2002) and as parish priest in Qatar (2002-2005). Fr Lester was sent to Rome to complete his seminary studies at the Urban College of Propaganda Fide where he completed his doctoral dissertation in Biblical Theology many years later. Fluent in Italian, French, Urdu and Arabic, Fr Lester brings a lot of freshness into his pastoral ministry.

Read the rest here.

Quite amazing to see a former parish priest now dressed up like this:

The prelate in white is Bishop Bernard Grimoli, the former Vicar Apostolic of Arabia. He confirmed me.

Very interesting...from what he says, Fr Lester is still attached to the Vicariate of Arabia...