St Christopher’s Cathedral, Bahrain has welcomed assistant priest the Reverend Dr Franklin Isaac, who will also serve the Mission to Seafarers—having previously served as an MtS Port Chaplain in India, where he was also Regional Coordinator for the International Christian Maritime Association.

Fr Franklin completed his doctoral studies in the New Testament, at North India Institute of Post Graduate and Theological Studies, Bishop’s College, affiliated to Kolkata’s Serampore University. He is joined in Bahrain by his wife Grace, son Carsten Jeba Isaac (15) and daughter Tiffany Mary Dora (11).