Bishop of Taungngu
Msgr. John Saw Gawdy was born on 21 October 1955 in the village of Domapholi, in the parish of Leiktho, in Taungngnu. He belongs to the Kayan ethnic group, and the Gheba tribe. He comes from a Catholic family. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saint John Vianney major seminary in Yangon. He was awarded a master’s degree in biblical theology from the Pontifical Josephinum College in Yonker, Ohio, United States of America. He was ordained a priest on 9 April 1983 for the diocese of Taungngnu. After priestly ordination he held the offices of director of the Centre of Catechists in Leiktho (1983-1984) and professor of philosophy at the Saint Joseph Major Seminary in Pyin Oo Lwin (1984-1990); he then carried out his studies in the United States from 1993 to 1997. He then served as parish priest of the Church of Leiktho (1993-1997); rector of the Saint Paul minor seminary (1997-2007); vicar general and parish priest of the Church of Leiktho (2007-2016); and since 2017, professor in the Saint John Vianney interdiocesan major seminary in Loikaw, and member of the college of consultors, the presbyteral, pastoral and financial boards, and the diocesan tribunal. Appointment of auxiliaries of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliaries of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Reverend Msgr. Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kinshasa, currently official of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, and parish administrator of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo, Borgo Pineto, diocese of Civita Castellana, assigning him the titular see of Dragonara; The Reverend Vincent Tshomba Shamba Kotsho, of the clergy of Kinshasa, currently parish priest of “Saint Albert le Grand”, diocesan chaplain of Justice and Peace, member of the presbyteral council, assigning him the titular see of Esco; The Reverend Charles Ndaka Salabisala, of the clergy of Popokabaka, currently rector of the Major Theological Seminary of Kikwit, assigning him the titular see of Liberalia. Reverend Msgr.