ASIA/INDIA – Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Guwahati

Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Albert Hemrom, hitherto of Dibrugarh, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Guwahati, India.
Bishop Albert Hemrom was born on 27 February 1969 in Konapathar, Assam, India. He attended Saint Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Dibrugarh and studied philosophy and theologgy at the Oriens Theological College in Shillong.
He was ordained a priest on 25 April 1999.
After ordination, he first held the roles of deputy parish priest and parish priest of Saint Francis of Assisi in Rajabari. He obtained a licentiate in canon law from Saint Peter’s Pontifical College in Bangalore , and went on to serve as prefect of studies at Saint Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Dibrugarh . He was awarded a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome and then held the offices of judicial vicar of the diocesan tribunal , rector of Saint Joseph’s Minor Seminary in Dibrugarh , lecturer in canon law at Oriens Theological College in Shillong , member of the College of Consultors and of the Presbyteral Council, secretary of the Commission for the Laity and the Family, and vocational promoter.
He was appointed coadjutor bishop of Dibrugarh on 2 December 2018, and received episcopal ordination on 24 February 2019. On 15 February 2021 he took office as diocesan bishop of the diocese of Dibrugarh.

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