Recent Events

Fr. Leslie Clifford D’Souza was consecrated as Bishop of Udupi (India)

Fr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro was consecrated as Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)

Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Kuzhithurai (India), passed away at 74

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio to India and Apostolic Nuncio to Nepal, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Croatia

Fr. Francisco Antonio Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro, Priest of Goa and Daman (India), was elected Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)

Cardinal Anthony Poola, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop George Antonysamy resigned as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) and Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church, was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B. Vall., Metropolitan Archbishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath resigned as Second Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India

Fr. Leslie Clifford D’Souza, Priest of Udupi (India), was elected Bishop of Udupi (India)

Bishop Gerald Isaac Lobo resigned as Bishop of Udupi (India)

Fr. Susai Jesu, O.M.I., was consecrated as Metropolitan Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

Bishop Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T., Bishop emeritus of Gorakhpur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 93

Fr. Edward Baretto was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Darjeeling (India)

Fr. Simon Almeida was consecrated as Bishop of Poona (India)

Fr. Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Fr. Stephen Eustace Victor Fernandes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. Antony Kattiparambil was consecrated as Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Edward Baretto, Priest of Darjeeling (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Darjeeling (India)

Fr. Joshy George Pottackal, O. Carm., was elected Titular Bishop of Ceramussa and Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (Germany)

Fr. John Kuttiyil was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh, Priest of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Thuburbo maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Cuttack–Bhubaneswar (India)

Fr. Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mariamme

Fr. Susai Jesu, O.M.I., was elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (Canada)

Sr. Eliswa of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vakayil (Eliswa), T.O.C.D., was beatified

Fr. James Patteril, C.M.F., was consecrated as Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Simon Almeida, Priest of Poona (India), was elected Bishop of Poona (India)

Bishop James Raphael Anaparambil resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cochin (India)

Fr. Stephen Eustace Victor Fernandes, Priest of Bombay (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius and Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay (India)

Fr. Antony Kattiparambil, Priest of Cochin (India), was elected Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., was consecrated as Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Selvarajan Dasan succeeded as Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Bishop Vincent Samuel resigned as Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Bishop Duming Dias, Bishop of Karwar (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Shimoga (India)

Bishop Edwin Colaço, Bishop emeritus of Aurangabad (India), passed away at 87

Archbishop Thomas D’Souza resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Archbishop Elias Frank succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Bishop Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankara

Fr. John Kuttiyil, Priest of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Fr. Kuriakose Thomas Thadathil, Priest of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Mariamme and Apostolic Visitator in Europe of the Syro-Malankara

Fr. Richard Anthony D’Souza, S.J., was appointed as Director of Vatican Observatory

Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars (India), passed away at 94

Msgr. Jain Mendez, Priest of Verapoly (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was appointed as Permanent Observer to World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Diocese of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Faridabad (with suffragan sees Bijnor and Gorakhpur) (India)

Diocese of Kalyan (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan (with suffragan sees Chanda and Rajkot and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad) (India)

Diocese of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Shamshabad (with suffragan see Adilabad and lost territory to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kalyan, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain, Diocese of Adilabad, Diocese of Bhadravathi, Diocese of Bijnor, Diocese of Chanda, Diocese of Gorakhpur, Diocese of Jagdalpur, Diocese of Rajkot, Diocese of Sagar and Diocese of Satna) (India)

Diocese of Ujjain (Syro-Malabar Rite) was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ujjain (with suffragan sees Jagdalpur, Sagar and Satna and gained territory from Diocese of Shamshabad) (India)

Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara, Archbishop-Bishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Prince Panengadan Devassy, Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sebastian Vadakel, M.S.T., Bishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Ujjain of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Sebastian Vaniyapurackal, Titular Bishop of Troina and Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malabars, was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S., resigned as Bishop of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Lawrence Mukkuzhy resigned as Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. James Patteril, C.M.F., was elected Bishop of Belthangady of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Joseph Thachaparambath, C.M.I., was elected Bishop of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Elias Frank, Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Asansol (India)

Archbishop Bernard Blasius Moras resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Mysore (India)

Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J., Bishop of Shimoga (India), was appointed as Bishop of Mysore (India)