Fr. Emmanuel Asi received his religious training at the Christ the King Seminary (Pakistan)

Christ the King Seminary (Pakistan)

Christ the King Seminary is a Roman Catholic seminary in Karachi. It is located adjacent to the Portiuncula Friary. In its early years most of the faculty were provided by the Franciscans....

 and was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore is an archdiocese in Punjab, Pakistan.-History:It was founded as a diocese on 1 September 1886, having previously been the Vicariate of Punjab. On 23 April 1994 the diocese was elevated to the rank of Archdiocese. Fr...

 in 1974. He obtained his doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Biblical Institute

Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level...

, Rome. Among his many appointments he has served as Rector of the Christ the King Seminary.

Fr. Asi is a founding member of Maktaba-e-Anaveem Pakistan [Theological Institute for Laity] and a famous local theologian of Pakistan.

Father Asi became the first Catholic to receive the David Penman Award for Christian literature. Bishop Azad Marshall of the Church of Pakistan

Church of Pakistan

The Church of Pakistan is a united church in Pakistan, which is part of the Anglican Communion and a member church of the World Methodist Council. It was established in 1970 with a union of Anglicans, Scottish Presbyterians , Methodists, and Lutherans. It is the only United Church in the South...

 presented the award to Father Asi on October 28, 1999, at St. Andrew's Church in Lahore. Father Asi has written more than 30 books in Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

, on Third World theology, Christian marriage and other religious topics.

He is Secretary of the Catholic Bible Commission of Pakistan and a Board Member of the Theological Institute for Laity The Institute has spent 20 years teaching theology to ordinary people in a country where only 2% of the population is Christian.

He became Parish Priest of St. Anthony's Church, Lahore

St. Anthony's Church, Lahore

St. Anthony's Church, Lahore, 270 kilometers southeast of Islamabad, was consecrated in 1899 and is one of the oldest churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore in Pakistan. It was formerly called the "Railway Church"....

 in 2000. Since 2002 he has also been a professor at St. Francis Xavier Seminary

St. Francis Xavier Seminary

St. Francis Xavier Seminary is situated on four hectares of land next to the Christian housing estate of Yuhannabad, 25 kilometers east of Lahore. It is an Institute of Philosophical studies serving the whole country. It offers a two year program in Christian Philosophy. It is affiliated to the...

. He is currently Parish Priest of at St. John's Church, Youhanabad, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, 270 kilometers southwest of Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

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He attended a Vocational Seminar at Maktaba-e-Anaveem Pakistan [Theological Institute for Laity] on 15 July, 2010.