Archbishop Emeritus Henry Sebastian D’Souza who served the Archdiocese of Calcutta from 1986-2002 passed away peacefully at 14:00 hours on Monday 27 June 2016 at Vianney Home, 9/3 Middleton Row, Kolkata – 71 where he was spending his retirement life. He was 90 years old andRead More →
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday appointed a new bishop to the Diocese of Guntur in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. Fr. Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini, a parish priest from the Diocese of Nalgonda, in the neighboring state of Telangana, is the new bishop of Guntur. TheRead More →
Vatican 23 May 2016: Holy Father Pope Francis has appointed His Grace Most Rev. Stanislaus Fernandes, SJ, Archbishop Emeritus of Gandhinagar, Apostolic Administrator sede plena et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Baroda, due to the reasons of health of His Excellency MostRead More →
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 →