Pope appoints new Bishop of Nongstoin

SHILLONG, Feb 8: Reverend Fr Wilbert Marwein (52) has been appointed as the Bishop of Nongstoin by Pope Francis. This was made public on Saturday.
Marwein hails from Rangblang – Sohsyniong, in the then Archdiocese of Shillong. He was ordained priest on April 27, 2003, for the Archdiocese of Shillong, and in 2006, he joined the new Diocese of Nongstoin.
In 1988, he entered St. Paul’s Seminary, Upper Shillong, from 1991 to 1992. He studied at St. Xavier Minor Seminary, Shillong, and from 1994 to 1997, he studied Philosophy at Christ King College, Shillong.
After two years (1999-2003) of pastoral experience in Pynursla, Archdiocese of Shillong, he studied Theology at the Oriens Theological College, Shillong. Then from 2007 to 2010, he was in Rome where he obtained a Licentiate in Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University. After his ordination, he served as Assistant Parish Priest at Ummulong, Archdiocese of Shillong (2003 – 2005), and from 2005 to 2007, he was the Procurator of the Oriens Theological College, Shillong.
After his studies in Rome, from 2010 to 2015, he served as the Assistant Parish Priest in the Diocese of Cosenza, Italy. From December 2015 to October 2019, he has been the Vicar General of the Diocese of Nongstoin.
Since December 2015 up to present, he was the Parish Priest of ‘Divine Saviour Church Nonbah’ (Diocese of Nongstoin).