Bangalore 8 December 2021 (CCBI) His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Theodore Mascarenhas (61), S.F.X. the Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi as the new Apostolic Administrator, sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Daltonganj in Jharkhand on 8 December, 2021.Read More →
Bangalore 2 November 2021 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Thomas Ignatius Macwan (69) Archbishop of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, as one of the members of International Council for Catechesis (COINCAT) for a period of five years. Currently he is the Chairman of theRead More →
Bangalore 1 November 2021 (CCBI) His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Most Rev. Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D. (60), Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, as Bishop of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. This provision was made public in Rome on Monday, 1st November, 2021. Most Rev. Telesphore Bilung was born onRead More →
Mumbai 17 October 2021 (CCBI): His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay, President of the CBCI, and one of the topmost consultors of Pope Francis, appealed to every Catholic faithful to transform the Church in India to a Synodal Church. He was inauguratingRead More →
Bangalore 4 October 2021 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Francis accepted the resignation of His Grace Most Rev. Leo Cornelio (76), SVD, from the pastoral governance of Bhopal Archdiocese. He was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Bhopal from 2007 to 2021 and the Bishop of Khandwa inRead More →