Cochin 6 August 2015: The Holy Father Pope Francis erected an Apostolic Exarchate (Vicariate) for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Canada with its See in Mississauga and Fr. Jose Kalluvelil, as its first Exarch, assigning him the titular see of “Tabalta”. The announcement regarding these provisionsRead More →
Kochi 22 July 2015: His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Joseph Kodakallil, of the clergy of Satna, presently Vicar General, as the new Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. This ecclesiastical provision was made public in Rome on Wednesday, 22Read More →
Bangalore 18 July 2015: His Holiness Pope Francis on Saturday 18 July 2015 appointed Rev. Fr. Basil Bhuriya, SVD, parish priest and member of the Provincial Council of the Fathers of The Society of Divine Word, as bishop of the diocese of Jhabua in theRead More →
Bangalore, 12 June 2015: His Holiness Pope Francis appointed His Excellency Rt. Rev. Thomas Ignatius Macwan, till now Bishop of Ahmedabad, as the new Archbishop of Gandhinagar. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of His Grace Most Rev. Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J., from the pastoral careRead More →
30 May 2015, Bangalore: His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Rev. Fr. Eugene Joseph, of the clergy of Varanasi as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Varanasi. This provision was made public in Rome on Saturday 30 May, 2015, at noon local time, corresponding toRead More →