DIMAPUR, MAY 29: Mhonchan Ezung was ordained a priest by Bishop James Checchio on May 28 at St. Francis Cathedral, Metuchen, New Jersey, USA. Fr. Mhonchan was ordained together with two of his classmates.
In his sermon, Bishop Checchio welcomed the newly ordained priests and exhorted them to make Jesus Christ as the center of their lives and to live a sacrificial and faithful life as priests.
Fr. Mhonchan Ezung, who hails from Longsa village in Wokha district, is the first Naga to be ordained a Catholic priest in the USA. He is ordained for the Diocese of Metuchen, in New Jersey.
On May 29, he would offer his first mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge, New Jersey.
