Recent Events

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

Fr. Thomas 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 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)

Archbishop Antony Pappusamy resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Madurai (India)

Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu, Bishop of Palayamkottai (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Madurai (India)

Msgr. George Jacob Koovakad, Priest of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Nisibis of the Chaldeans

Bishop Anthony Alwyn Fernandes Barreto resigned as Bishop of Sindhudurg (India)

Archbishop Joseph Perumthotttam resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Thomas Tharayil (Tomy), Titular Bishop of Agrippias and Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Joseph Kollamparambil resigned as Archiepiscopal Administrator of Shamshabad of the Syro-Malabars (India)

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

Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Joseph Soosainathan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Sagayaraj Thamburaj was consecrated as Bishop of Tanjore (India)

Msgr. Dennis Kuruppassery, Priest of Kottapuram (India) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana and Auxiliary Bishop of Kannur (India)

Fr. Wilfred Gregory Moras was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Fr. Tom Thomas, I.C., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Falkland Islands (Falkland Islands) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Fr. Arokia Raj Satis Kumar, Priest of Bangalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum minus and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Joseph Soosainathan, Priest of Bangalore (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Castra Galbæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore (India)

Fr. Sagayaraj Thamburaj, Priest of Tiruchirapalli (India), was elected Bishop of Tanjore (India)

Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bangalore (India), passed away at 96

Bishop George Mamalassery, Bishop emeritus of Tura (India), passed away at 92

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Anselmo all’Aventino, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of S. Anselmo all’Aventino pro hac vice Title

Fr. Antony Valumkal was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Magarmel and Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly (India)

Fr. Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Saldæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Vasai (India)

Bishop Pius Thomas D’Souza resigned as Bishop of Ajmer (India)

Archbishop Thumma Bala, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Hyderabad (India), passed away at 80

Bishop Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss, Bishop emeritus of Tanjore (India), passed away at 76

Bishop Joseph Suren Gomes, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Krishnagar (India), passed away at 80

Fr. Wilfred Gregory Moras, Priest of Lucknow (India), was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Jhansi (India)

Fr. Antony Valumkal, Priest of Verapoly (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Magarmel and Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly (India)

Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., Bishop of Francistown (Botswana), passed away at 74

Fr. Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Fr. Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Kurnool (India)

Br. John Kallarackal, S.G., resigned as Superior General of Brothers of Christian Instruction of Saint Gabriel (Gabrielite Brothers)

Fr. Duming Dias was consecrated as Bishop of Karwar (India)

Fr. Prakash Sagili was consecrated as Bishop of Khammam (India)

Fr. Valan Arasu was consecrated as Bishop of Jabalpur (India)

Fr. Simiao Purificaçao Fernandes, Priest of Goa and Daman (India), was elected Titular Bishop of Saldæ and Auxiliary Bishop of Goa and Daman (India)

Fr. Bernard Lancy Pinto was consecrated as Bishop of Aurangabad (India) and Coadjutor Bishop emeritus of Aurangabad (India)

Fr. Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal was consecrated as Bishop of Indore (India)

Fr. Francis Tirkey was consecrated as Bishop of Purnea (India)

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

Fr. Augustine Madathikunnel was consecrated as Bishop of Khandwa (India)

Fr. Bhaskar Jesuraj was consecrated as Bishop of Meerut (India)

Bishop Joseph Kariyil resigned as Bishop of Cochin (India)

Fr. Johannes Gorantla, O.C.D., was elected Bishop of Kurnool (India)

Fr. Albert George Alexander Anastas was consecrated as Bishop of Kuzhithurai (India)

Cardinal Anthony Poola resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nalgonda (India)

Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Visakhapatnam (India)

Fr. Karnam Dhaman Kumar, M.S.F.S., was elected Bishop of Nalgonda (India)

Fr. Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal, Priest of Indore (India), was elected Bishop of Indore (India)

Fr. Augustine Madathikunnel, Priest of Khandwa (India), was elected Bishop of Khandwa (India)

Bishop-elect Bernard Lancy Pinto succeeded as Bishop of Aurangabad (India)

Bishop Jaya Rao Polimera, Bishop of Eluru (India), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Visakhapatnam (India)

Bishop Ambrose Rebello resigned as Bishop of Aurangabad (India)

Fr. Prakash Sagili, Priest of Cuddapah (India), was elected Bishop of Khammam (India)

Bishop Udumala Bala Showreddy resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Khammam (India)

Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Indore (India)

Fr. Francis Tirkey, Priest of Purnea (India), was elected Bishop of Purnea (India)