Agartala: On July 30, Deacon Sekhar Robin Das is the first priest to be ordained from the Bengali community in the northern Indian state of Tripura.
Bishop Lumen Monteiro of Agartala ordained Deacon Sekhar Robin Das for the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, commonly referred to as the Society of Pilar, at Shantir Rani (Queen of Peace) Church Mariamnagar in Agartala, capital of Tripura state.
Agartala diocese is a only diocese for whole state.
Vincentian Father Abraham, parish priest of Mariamnagar, presented the candidate for the ordination. In this ordination due to covid reasons only father Das's parents, few relatives participated in the ceremony.