New Delhi, August 15, 2025 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J. (66), as the new Bishop of Mysore....

New Delhi, June 28, 2025 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Elias Frank (62), of Asansol, as the Coadjutor Archbishop...

New Delhi, 16 July 2025: Apurva Xess, a dynamic youth leader and committed Communio Missionary Volunteer, has been appointed as a member...

New Delhi, 7 June 2025 (CCBI): Pope Leo XIV has appointed Fr Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel as the new Bishop of Jalandhar in Punjab....

New Delhi July 5, 2025 (CCBI): The Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu, until now Bishop of...

Volume No. XXXVI, 1 | January-June 2025 His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

New Delhi, India – June 3, 2025: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the national episcopal conference for the Latin...

Bangalore, 18 May 2024 (CCBI): Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B, Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, West Bengal, passed away on Saturday, 18 May 2024, at 5:55 am in Manorama Hospital, Ranaghat, due to cardiac failure. He was 80 years old. The funeral services will be held on Monday, 20 May 2024, at 10:30 am in the Cathedral of the Most Holy Redeemer, Krishnagar. Bishop Gomes led the Diocese of Krishnagar from 2002 until his retirement in May 2019, serving faithfully for 17 years.

Fr John Barman Bangalore, 10 May 2025 (CCBI): The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed Fr John Barman MSFS as...

Rev. Dr. Anthaiah Kondaveeti Bangalore, 10 May 2025 (CCBI): Rev. Dr. Anthaiah Kondaveeti has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Commission for Ecumenism of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI). The decision was made during the Executive Committee meeting held in Bangalore on 6–7 May 2025. A priest of the Diocese of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, Fr. Anthaiah brings with him nearly three decades of priestly ministry. Born on 5 May 1969 in Katrapadu, he was or

Bangalore, 9 May 2025 (CCBI): Fr. Madanu Anthony, a priest of the Diocese of Hyderabad, has been appointed as the Social Apostolate Coordinator of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI). The decision was made during the Executive Committee meeting held in Bangalore on 6 and 7 May 2025. Born on December 16, 1982, in Mariapuram, Hyderabad, Fr. Anthony is 42 years old. His academic journey is marked by a strong foundation in philosophy, theology, education, and human

Bangalore, 9 May 2025: The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) has appointed Rev. Dr. Charles Davis as the new Director of the CCBI Bioethics Forum. The decision was taken during the Executive Committee meeting held on 6–7 May 2025 in Bangalore. Fr. Davis, a priest of the Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar, is a renowned expert in Moral Theology and Bioethics. Born on 26 July 1975 in Perur, Tiruchirappalli, he has served the Church for over two decades through pastoral mini