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Photos: Claretians ordain first missionary priest from Myanmar

Father Francisco Saw Jimmy Htwe, CMF, becomes the first Burmese national to be a Claretian missionary priest

The Claretian missionaries in the Philippines, also known as the Father Rhoel Gallardo Province of the Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mark their 173rd Foundation Day on July 16, 2022, with the ordination to the priesthood of Francisco Saw Jimmy Htwe, CMF, the first Burmese national to be a Claretian, and Wigbert Papa, CMF, from the Philippines. (Photos by Jire Carreon)

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