Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw

Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., was born on 14 November 1957 in Padri-Jo-Goth, Sanghar, Sindh, in the metropolitan diocese of Hyderabad. He entered the Franciscan novitiate in 1984, and studied theology at the Christ the King Seminary in Karachi. After giving his perpetual vows in 1989, he was ordained a priest on 6 December 1991. He was appointed titular bishop of Tino and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Lahore on 14 February 2009, receiving episcopal ordination the following 25 April. On 20 May 2010 he was appointed apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the metropolitan archdiocese of Lahore and on 7 April 2011, apostolic administrator of the same archdiocese, becoming metropolitan archbishop on 14 November 2013. Within the Episcopal Conference, he has served as chair of the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue, the Commission for the Family, the Commission for Education, and Caritas.