Recent Events

Fr. Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel was consecrated as Bishop of Jalandhar (India)

Archbishop Cyril Vasil’, S.J., resigned as Pontifical Delegate on liturgical matters for Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu, Bishop of Palayamkottai (India) and Apostolic Administrator of Madurai (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Bishop Elias Frank, Bishop of Asansol (India), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta (India)

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad took possession as Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Fr. Sonatan Kisku was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka (India)

Bishop Agnelo Rufino Gracias resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Jalandhar (India)

Fr. Jose Sebastian Thekkumcherikunnel, Priest of Jalandhar (India), was elected Bishop of Jalandhar (India)

Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil resigned as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Mathew Polycarpos Manakkarakavil, Titular Bishop of Canatha and Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankara (India), was appointed as Bishop of Mavelikkara of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Abbot Antony Chacko Puthenpurackal, O.S.B. Silv., resigned as Abbot General of Sylvestrine Congregation of the Benedictine Order (Sylvestrines)

Fr. Sahaya Thatheus Thomas was consecrated as Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. John Carvalho was consecrated as Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Fr. Fabian Toppo was consecrated as Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Cardinal George Alencherry, Cardinal-Priest of S. Bernardo alle Terme, Major Archbishop emeritus of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India) and former President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (India)

Diocese of Calicut was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Calicut (with suffragan sees Kannur and Sultanpet) (India)

Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal, Bishop of Calicut (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Calicut (India)

Fr. Sonatan Kisku, Priest of Dumka (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Zarna and Auxiliary Bishop of Dumka (India)

Bishop Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas resigned as Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. Sahaya Thatheus Thomas, Priest of Jalandhar (India), was elected Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh (India)

Fr. Paul Prakash Saginala was consecrated as Bishop of Cuddapah (India)

Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bhopal (India), passed away at 92

Fr. Bernard Laloo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong (India)

Fr. Selvarajan Dasan was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Archbishop Kurian Mathew Vayalunkal, Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and Apostolic Nuncio to Tunisia, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Chile

Bishop Bali Gali resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Cuddapah (India)

Fr. Paul Prakash Saginala, Priest of Cuddapah (India), was elected Bishop of Cuddapah (India)

Fr. John Carvalho, Priest of Ajmer (India), was elected Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Bishop Oswald Joseph Lewis resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ajmer (India)

Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy, Bishop of Warangal (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

Fr. Selvarajan Dasan, Priest of Neyyattinkara (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Neyyattinkara (India)

Fr. Bernard Laloo, Priest of Shillong (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Trofimiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Shillong (India)

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India)

Bishop Clement Tirkey resigned as Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Fr. Fabian Toppo, Priest of Jalpaiguri (India), was elected Bishop of Jalpaiguri (India)

Archbishop Vincent Aind, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India), was appointed as General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

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

Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto resigned as General Secretary of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Archbishop Peter Machado, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India

Cardinal Oswald Gracias resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Archbishop John Rodrigues succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad was appointed as Prefect of Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue

Bishop Bosco Puthur resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Archbishop Joseph Pamplany, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church, was appointed as Major-Archepiscopal Vicar of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Anthony Das Pilli was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore (India)

Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão, Patriarch of East Indies, Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India) and President of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, was appointed as President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Bishop Wilfred Gregory Moras succeeded as Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Bishop Peter Parapullil resigned as Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Cardinal-Priest of S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale», Metropolitan Archbishop of Bombay (India) and Member of Council of Cardinals, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (India)

Fr. Thomas Francis D’Souza was consecrated as Bishop of Vasai (India)

Fr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu was consecrated as Bishop of Vellore (India)

Archbishop George Jacob Koovakad, Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans, was created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia

Bishop John Rodrigues, Bishop of Poona (India), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Bombay (India)

Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans

Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kannur (India)

Bishop Antony Prince Panengaden, Bishop of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India), was appointed as Archiepiscopal Administrator of Adilabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Fr. Thomas Francis D’Souza, Priest of Vasai (India), was elected Bishop of Vasai (India)

Fr. Anthony Das Pilli, Priest of Nellore (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Nellore (India)

Fr. Ambrose Pitchaimuthu, Priest of Chingleput (India), was elected Bishop of Vellore (India)

Bishop Paul Simick, Titular Bishop of Maturba and Vicar Apostolic of Nepal (Nepal), was appointed as Bishop of Bagdogra (India)