Bangalore 9 October 2019 (CCBI): Most Rev. John Baptist Sequeira (89) Bishop Emeritus Chikmagalur, Karnataka passed away on Wednesday, 9 October 2019 at 11.20pm due to old age ailments at the Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hosur Road, Bangalore. The funeral HolyRead More →
Bangalore 30 August, 2019 (CCBI): The Synod of the Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church, gathered at Mount St. Thomas, Kerala, made the following canonical provisions on 30 August, 2019, which have been approved by the Holy See: (1) Most Rev. Mar Antony Kariyil (69), C.M.I., tillRead More →
Bangalore 12 August 2019 (CCBI): Reginald Edward D’Mello (54), from the Order of Preachers (OP) was appointed as the Secretary of the CCBI Commission for Ecumenism. The appointment was made by the 83rd Executive Committee meeting of the CCBI held on 10th August, 2019, Bangalore.Read More →
Bangalore 16 July 2019 (CCBI):His Holiness, Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Vijaya Kumar Rayarala (50), the Regional Superior of the P.I.M.E. as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, 16 July, 2019. Fr. Vijaya Kumar Rayarala, P.I.M.E., was born inRead More →
Bangalore 20 June 2019 (CCBI): Most Rev. Telesphore Bilung, SVD (53), Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi is appointed as the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Bishop Bilung was born on 15 April 1961 in a villageRead More →