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CCBI Secretariats in India
CCBI GENERAL SECRETARIAT
9-10, Bhai Vir Singh Marg
New Delhi 110001, India
Mobile : +91- 9686110810; 9632381810
Email : secretariat@ccbi.in
Website: www.ccbi.in
The CCBI General Secretariat of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India is located in the national capital, New Delhi. The Deputy Secretary General operates from the General Secretariat. The Secretariat coordinates the ministries of the 16 Commissions, 7 Departments, and 4 Apostolates of the CCBI. The Commission for Migrants, the Public Relations Department, and the Legal Cell of the CCBI also function from the General Secretariat.
The first CCBI Secretariat was established in Goa in 1988. It was shifted to Delhi in 1992. In Delhi, it functioned from the CCBI Secretariat, Pitampura, from 1992 to 1995, and from the Archbishop’s House, Delhi, from 1995 to 1996. In 1997, the CCBI established its first independent Secretariat in Delhi at 9–10, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001.
In 2002, the CCBI set up a Secretariat in Bangalore for three Commissions and in 2003 the office of the Deputy Secretary General was shifted to Bangalore. In 2013, the CCBI Plenary Assembly held in Vailankanni decided to relocate the CCBI General Secretariat to New Delhi. The building was then handed over to Caritas India for their use.
In 2024, the CCBI took back the building and renovated it. After the renovation, the CCBI Secretariat in Delhi was blessed and inaugurated on 3 June 2025. Following this, the office of the Deputy Secretary General was relocated to the national capital, New Delhi.
Resident Priests at CCBI General Secretariat
1. Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI
CCBI General Secretariat
9-10, Bhai Vir Singh Marg
New Delhi 110001, India
Mobile : +91- 9686110810; 9632381810
Email : stephenalathara@gmail.com
Website: www.ccbi.in
2. Rev. Fr. (Adv.) Jaison Vadassery
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Migrants
CCBI General Secretariat 9-10, Bhai Vir Singh Marg
New Delhi 110001, India
Mobile : 8368287438, 9871899869
Email : migrants@ccbi.in
CCBI Centre
CCBI Secretariat
P. B. No. 8490, Hutchins Road 2 Cross
Bangalore - 560084, Karnataka, India
Mobile : 9686110810, 9632381810
Email: secretariat@ccbi.in
Website: www.ccbi.in
The CCBI Centre, Bangalore, is the documentation centre and a Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference. The Associate Deputy Secretary General, the Executive Secretaries of the Commissions for Bible and for Vocations, Seminaries, Clergy and Religious, along with the Associate Director of Communio, reside and operate from the CCBI Centre, Bangalore.
The CCBI Centre was inaugurated on 14 September 2002 as the Secretariat for the CCBI Commissions for Bible, Catechetics, and Liturgy. In 2003, the Deputy Secretary General shifted his office from Delhi to the Bangalore Secretariat. From 2003 to 2005, the CCBI Centre in Bangalore functioned as the General Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference.
The CCBI launched Communio in 2017, and the CCBI Centre also serves as the Secretariat of Communio. The Commission for Liturgy, Departments of Documentation, Publications and the CCBI Project Desk also operate from the CCBI Centre.
Resident Priests at the CCBI Centre
1. Rev. Dr. Christopher Vimalraj Hiruthya
Associate Deputy Secretary General, CCBI
CCBI Secretariat, CCBI Centre
P. B. No. 8490, Hutchins Road 2 Cross
Bangalore-560084, Karnataka, India
Mobile : 9591278976
Email : adsg@ccbi.in
3. Rev. Dr. Patrick Mathias, SDB
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Bible
CCBI Centre, P. B. No. 8490, Hutchins Road 2 Cross
Bangalore - 560084, Karnataka, India
Mobile : 6374198224
Email : bible@ccbi.in
4. Rev. Dr. Charles Leon
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Vocations
Seminaries, Clergy and Religious (VSCR)
CCBI Centre, P. B. No.8490, Hutchins Road 2 Cross
Bangalore - 560084, Karnataka, India
Mobile : 9449828179, 9496545394
Email : vscr@ccbi.in
5. Rev. Fr. Gangula Vignan Das
Associate Director, Communio
CCBI Centre, Hutchins Road 2nd Cross
Bangalore 560 084, Karnataka, India
Mobile : 9901033435, 9686650081
Email : office@communio.in, communio@ccbi.in
SHANTI SADAN
CCBI Secretariat Extension
Benaulim, Goa - 403 716, India
Mobile : 9309110391, 8762716282
Email: office@shantisadan.in
Shanti Sadan is the CCBI Secretariat Extension in Benaulim, Goa. It was inaugurated on 06 January, 2020. Three of the CCBI Commission Secretaries are operating from Shanti Sadan. The building was constructed by FABC in 2003 for the Commission for Evangelization. The FABC closed its office in Goa and the CCBI bought it on 16 December, 2018. The CCBI renovated the building and constructed a chapel and conference hall. The Shanti Sadan was registered under the Societies Registration number MGO-4-12-2021 dated 06 July 2021.
Resident Priests at Shanti Sadan
1. Rev. Fr. Duming Gonsalves
Administrator, Shanti Sadan
CCBI Secretariat Extension
Benaulim, Goa - 403 716, India
Mobile : 9309110391, 8762716282
Email : office@shantisadan.in
2. Rev. Fr. Arul Raj Gali, C.S.C.
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Family
Shanti Sadan, CCBI Secretariat Extension
Benaulim, Goa - 403 716, India
Mobile : 9900517523
Email : family@ccbi.in
3. Rev. Fr. Vijay Kumar M. Machado
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Catechetics
Shanti Sadan, CCBI Secretariat Extension
Benaulim, Goa - 403 716, India
Mobile : 81059107701, 9448931746
Email : faithformation@ccbi.i
SUVARTA KENDRA
CCBI Secretariat for ProclamationSeva Sadan, Near St. Mary’s Convent School
Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal – 462 003
Madhya Pradesh, India
Mobile : 8320433273, 9425086260
Email : proclamation@ccbi.in
History
Suvarta Kendra, the secretariat for the CCBI's Commission for Proclamation, has moved from its original location in Pachmarhi (established 2011) to Seva Sadan, Bhopal. This relocation, effective July 2024, follows a period of prayer and discernment by the CCBI Executive Committee. The centre remains dedicated to promoting evangelization and providing ongoing missionary animation and formation for the Church in India.
Resident Priest at Seva Sadan
Rev. Fr. Raju Mathew
Associate Executive Secretary, Commission for Proclamation
Seva Sadan, Near St. Mary’s Convent School
Tulsi Nagar, Bhopal – 462 003
Madhya Pradesh, India
Mobile : 8320433273, 9425086260
Email : proclamation@ccbi.in
BETHANIA
CCBI Secretariat for Youth
A-2, Central Green,
NH-5, Faridabad - 121001, India
Mobile : 9891792505
Email: youth@ccbi.in
Bethania is the Secretariat of the CCBI Youth Commission and the ICYM and YCS/YSM also operate from Bethania. It was inaugurated on 13 September, 2019. The property and building of Bethania belong to the Archdiocese of Delhi. On 8 September 2025 the Archdiocese of Delhi handed over the property to the CCBI through a lease agreement.
Resident Priest at Bethania
Rev. Fr. Chetan Machado
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Youth
A-2, Central Green, NH-5, Faridabad - 121001, India
Mobile : 9891792505
Email : youth@ccbi.in
Pontifical Mission Organisations
Post Box No.4216, No.10, 3rd Cross,
Ulsoor Road
Bengaluru – 560 042, Karnataka, India
Mobile (O): 9606840089
Mobile(P): 9444306664
E-mail: director@indiapms.com
Website: www.pmoinindia.org
The Pontifical Mission Organizations (PMO) is a group of Catholic missionary societies under the canonical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome. In India, the PMO functions under the guidance and direction of the CCBI. The PMO includes four organizations: the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Society of St. Peter the Apostle, the Holy Childhood Association, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. At present, the Director resides and operates from the PMO Secretariat.
The Pontifical Mission Societies began their work in India in 1948, in a different pastoral and ecclesial context. When the CCBI was established in 1988, the Pontifical Mission Societies came under the CCBI, in accordance with Articles 56–70 of the International Statutes of the PMS, since the CCBI is the canonical Episcopal Conference. On 25 September 2018, the PMO was registered as a Trust under the CCBI. Later, the Holy Childhood became a separate legal entity to manage its own FCRA account. The Holy Childhood Trust was registered on 26 March 2021.
With the approval of the PMS Rome, the CCBI demolished the old PMO building and constructed a new one. The new PMO building was blessed and inaugurated on 10 February 2026.
Resident Priest at PMO Secretariat
Rev. Dr. Paul D’Souza
Executive Secretary for the Commission for Proclamation
and Secretary General Pontifical Mission Organizations
Post Box No.4216, No.10, 3rd Cross, Ulsoor Road
Bengaluru - 560 042, Karnataka, India
Mobile (O): 9606840089
Mobile (P): 8318746128, 7376747006
Email (O): director@indiapms.com
E-mail(P): frpauldsouza@hotmail.com
Rev. Fr. R. Antonysamy
Associate Executive Secretary for the
Commission for Proclamation
and Associate Secretary General,
Pontifical Mission Organizations
Post Box No.4216, No.10, 3rd Cross
Ulsoor Road, Bengaluru – 560 042, Karnataka, India
Mobile (P): 9406800500
Email (O): samyantony22@gmail.com