Bangalore, 20 April 2015: A joint meeting of the CCBI Chairmen, Member Bishops and Secretaries with the Office Bearers of the CCBI was held on Monday 20 April 2015 at Johns National Academy of Health Sciences of Bangalore. The meeting began at 9.30am and concludedRead More →
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed , of the clergy of Jalpaiguri, as the new Bishop of Bagdogra.This Ecclesiastical Provision was made public in Rome on Tuesday, 7th April, 2015, at noon local time, corresponding to 15:30 hours, Indian Standard Time. Rev. Fr. Vincent AindRead More →
New Delhi, 26 March 2015: Pope Francis has erected a new Diocese in Gurgaon, Delhi and an Exarchate in Kirkee-Pune for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in India. Most Rev. Jacob Mar Bamabas is appointed the first Bishop of the Gurgaon Diocese and Most Rev. ThomasRead More →
Chandigarh, 5 March 2015: Bishop Ignatius Mascarenhas and 75 Priests and Religious of Simla-Chandigarh diocese deliberated on the “Importance of Family Catechesis” from 3rd to 4th March 2015 at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre. The seminar was moderated by Fr Laurence Culas, Executive Secretary, CCBI CommissionRead More →
Most Rev. Thomas Bhalerao, SJ, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Nashik passed away on Friday 13 February 2015, at 2.30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital, Sreerampur. He was 82. The funeral was held on Saturday 14 February 2015, at 4.00 p.m. at St. Mary’sRead More →