Raiganj 30 April 2016: Most Rev. Alphonsus F. D’Souza, SJ, Bishop of Raiganj, West Bengal passed away at Bishop’s House, Raiganj, at 12.30 p.m., on 30 April 2016, following a massive heart attack. He was 76. Bishop Alphonsus’ health was not good for quite someRead More →
Dindigul 11 April 2016: His Holiness Pope Francis on Monday 11 April 2016 appointed Fr. Thomas Paulsamy as the new bishop of Dindigul, in Tamil Nadu state, making it a suffragan of Madurai Metropolitan Archdiocese. The see of Dindigul has been vacant since the transferRead More →
Bhubaneswar 11 April 2016: Pope Francis on Monday 11 April 2016 erected a new diocese Rayagada in Odisha and appointed former Vincentian novice master Fr. Aplinar Senapati as its first Bishop. Rayagada was carved out Berhampur diocese in western Odisha. It is the 132 LatinRead More →
CCBI Laity Commission Secretary Rev. Dr. Joseph Coracao De Jesus Dias, SVD (58) from the India East Province (Odisha) of Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) passed away on Saturday 26 March 2016 after a massive heart attack. The funeral will be conducted on Thursday 31 MarchRead More →
Bangalore 2 February 2016: His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Christudas Rajappan, of the Clergy of Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum, as Auxiliary Bishop of Latin Archdiocese of Trivandrum and Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba. This ecclesiastical provision was made public in Rome onRead More →