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The Reverend Father Azam Mansha
Rev. Fr. Azam Mansha in 2025
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Other posts	Lecturer, Diocesan Institute, Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Faculty member, Institute of Formation and Religious Studies Faculty member, CICM Maryhill School of Theology
Personal details
Born	Azam Vianney Mansha (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Residence	Vista, California, United States
Occupation	Catholic priest and biblical theologian
Alma mater	Pontifical Urbaniana University Melbourne College of Divinity Loyola School of Theology
Ordination history
History Priestly ordination Date 8 February 2021

Azam Vianney Mansha (ˈɑːzɑːm ˈvɪəni ˈmɑːnʃɑː; born 16 August 1985), commonly known as Fr. Azam Mansha, CJM, is a Pakistani Catholic priest, biblical theologian, and author. He is a member of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and serves in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. He was ordained on February 8, 2021.

Early life and education

Mansha was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. He is the third child of Mansha Sharif Masih and Surriya Bibi. He received early education in parochial schools associated with his native parish, St. Anthony of Padua Church, located in Frere Town. He discerned as a seminarian from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, Mansha obtained his philosophical studies at St. Francis Xavier Seminary in Lahore from 2005 to 2008. The seminary is affiliated with the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, from which he earned a Bachelor of Philosophy. He further pursued theological at the National Catholic Institute of Theology in Karachi between 2009 and 2014. The institute is academically affiliated with the Melbourne College of Divinity.

Following his early theological studies, Mansha continued advanced ecclesiastical studies at the Loyola School of Theology of Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 2018, which specialized him in biblical theology. His licentiate thesis, titled Mother of Jesus, His Mother and the Woman: An Attempt to Understand Johannine Mariology, is held in the theological collection of the Pontifical Marianum University in Rome.

Priestly ministry

Following the completion of his licentiate studies in biblical theology Mansha participated in pastoral, academic, and formation work in the Philippines. He served as a formator, researcher, catechist, and lecturer in different theological institutions and formation houses in and around Quezon City, Metro Manila. During this time, he was part of the faculty of the Institute of Formation and Religious Studies at Maryhill School of Theology, where he taught courses related to Scripture and theology. Mansha was ordained on 8 February 2021 as a member of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary. In 2022, he was assigned to the Eudist community in San Diego, California, where he did pastoral ministry within the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. As of 2024, Mansha serves as associate pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Parish in Carlsbad, California.

Selected publications

Year	Title
2018	The Historical Significance and Development of the Liturgical Feast in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John Eudes’ Contribution
2018	Eudist Traditional Marian Image: History and Reflection
2018	The Theology of the French School of Spirituality
2018	An Attempt to Understand Augustinian Mariology
2019	The Mother of the Beloved Disciple: The Mother of the Church
2019	The Heart of Mary: The Principal Theme in Eudist Mariology
2019	An Approach to Understanding the Marian School According to St. John Eudes in the Light of an Exegesis of John 19:25–27
2023	An Intertextual Approach to Understand the “Piercing the Side of Jesus” in John 19:34

See also

• Congregation of Jesus and Mary
• Biblical theology
• Catholic priesthood
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego

References

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• Pakistani Roman Catholic priests
• Pakistani theologians
• Biblical scholars
• Ateneo de Manila University alumni
• People from Karachi