GUWAHATI, Assam to Host Catholic
Bishops’ Meet
Assam will for the first time host the
general body meeting of the apex body of the
country’s Catholics, CBCI, from Feb. 24,
2010.
The objective of the Catholic Bishops
Conference of India is to facilitate co-ordinated
study and discussion on issues pertaining to
the Church, besides adoption of a common
policy and effective action in
ecclesiastical matters.
“It is good news that Assam has been chosen
as the venue for the meeting of the Catholic
Bishops Conference of India. Many of the
bishops wanted to see Assam as they have
never come here. This is a wonderful
opportunity for all of them,” Archbishop of
Guwahati Diocese, Thomas Menamparampil,
said.
The meeting will be held at the Don Bosco
Institute, Kharguli, from February 24 to
March 3 and will be attended by 160 bishops
from across the country.
Menamparampil said chief minister Tarun
Gogoi had also expressed happiness over the
hosting of the meeting here for the first
time.
The first meeting of the Catholic Bishops
Conference of India in the region was held
in Shillong about two decades back.
The bishops will be treated to the region’s
beauty and cultural diversity through
programmes.
“We want to show them that the Northeast is
a ‘paradise on earth’ and not just a land of
violence. It is a beautiful place with lots
of cultural diversity,” the executive
director of Don Bosco Institute, V.M.
Thomas, said.
Thomas said a seven-minute video film on the
Northeast — a song sung and composed by
national award winner Tarali Sarma — was
being shot.
Sarma won the coveted Rajat Kamal as the
best female playback singer in 2004,
becoming the first woman from the state to
win the prestigious award.
The film is being shot at different
locations of the Northeast and will depict
its land, people and culture.
On February 28, a special cultural
extravaganza will be held where 75 troupes
from across the region will showcase the
diversity of the region through music and
dance.
This time, the theme of the conference is
Youth. Discussions will be held on the
challenges confronting modern-day youth and
the Church’s response.
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Appointments
of Bishops (Catholic) |
25.01.2010:
Rev. Fr. Anthony
Valiyavilayil, OIC,
Clergy of the Order of the Imitation of Christ
has been appointed Curia Bishop of the
Archiepiscopal Curia of the Syro-Malankara
Catholic Church, assigning him the Titular See
of IGILGILLI.
25.01.2010:
Rev. Fr. Stephen
Thottathil,
Clergy of the Archieparchy of Tiruvalla has been
appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archieparchy
of Tiruvalla, assigning him the Titular See of
SOZOPOLI di EMIMONTO.
25.01.2010:
Rev. Fr. Samuel
Kattukallil,
Clergy of the Major Archieparchy of Trivandrum
has been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Major
Archieparchy of Trivandrum, assigning him the
Titular See of TAMALLUMA.
25.01.2010:
Rev. Fr. K. M.
Vincent Kulapuravilai,
Clergy of the Eparchy of Marthandom has been
appointed Eparchial Bishop of Marthandom.
25.01.2010:
Right Rev. Joseph
Mar Thomas,
Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum and Apostolic
Visitator to North America and Europe has been
appointed Eparchial Bishop of Bathery.
25.01.2010:
Rev. Geevarghese
Mar Divannasios,
Bishop of Bathery has been appointed Eparchial
Bishop of the new Eparchy of Puthur.
25.01.2010:
Right Rev. Yoohanon
Mar Chrysostom,
Bishop of Marthandom has been appointed
Eparchial Bishop of the new Eparchy of
Pathanamthitta.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor
George Njaralakatt,
Proto-Syncellus of the Eparchy of Bhadravathi
has been appointed Bishop of the new Eparchy of
Mandya.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor Paul
Alappatt,
Rector of St. Mary's Minor Seminary and Judicial
Vicar of the Archeparchy of Trichur has been
appointed Eparchial Bishop of the new Eparchy of
Ramanathapuram.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor
Bosco Putur,
Rector of Mangalapuzha Seminary, has been
appointed Curia Bishop of the Syro-Malabar
Catholic Church.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor
Raphael Tbattil,
Proto-Syncellus of the Archreparchy of Trichur
has been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the same
Archeparchy.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor
Remigiose Inchananiyil,
Secretary , Chancellor and Judicial Vicar of the
Eparchy of Thamarassery has been appointed
Eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of Thamarassery.
18.01.2010:
Rev. Monsignor
Pauly Kannookadan,
Secretary of the Archepiscopal Commission for
Liturgy , Clergy , Institutes for Consecrated
Life and Executive Director of L.R.C, has been
appointed Eparchial Bishop of the Eparchy of
lrinjalakuda.
10.12.2009:
Archbishop Felix
Anthony Machado,
Bishop of Nashik, has been appointed Bishop of
Vasai.
10.12.2009:
Bishop Lourdnada
Daniel,
Bishop of Amravati, appointed Apostolic
Administrator of Nashik.
06.11.2009:
Archbishop Dominic
Lumon,
Archbishop of Imphal, has been appointed
Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of
Kohima.
25.08.2009:
Bishop Prakash
Mallavarapu,
Bishop of Vijayawada, has been appointed
Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum
Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Eluru.
14.08.2009:
Rev. Fr. John
Vadakel, CMI,
appointed Eparchial Bishop of Bijnor
11.05.2009:
Fr Arockia
Sebastian Durairaj Alangaram svd,
Provincial of SVD central India Province
(Indore), has been appointed as bishop of the
diocese of Khandwa.
11.05.2009:
Fr Devprasad John
Ganawa svd,
Parish Priest of Khrist Jyoti Mandir, Meghnagar,
has been appointed as bishop of the diocese of
Jhabua.
08.05.2009:
Bishop Joseph
Kariyil,
of Punalur, has been appointed as bishop of the
diocese of Cochin.
08.05.2009:
Rev. Fr. Selvister
Ponnumuthan,
of the Clergy of Neyyattinkara and Rector of the
St. Joseph’s Pontifical Seminary, Carmelgiri,
has been appointed as bishop of the diocese of
Punalur.
07.04.2009:
Rev. Fr. Sebastian
Kallupura,
of the clergy of Patna and Director of the Bihar
Social Forum, Sewa Kendra, Patna, has been
appointed as bishop of the diocese of Buxar.
04.04.2009:
Bishop Thomas Dabre,
bishop of Vasai diocese, has been appointed as
bishop of the diocese of Poona and Apostolic
Administrator of the Diocese of Vasai.
02.04.2009:
Bishop John Barwa,
Coadjutor bishop of Rourkela diocese, has been
appointed as bishop of the diocese of Rourkela.
10.02.2009:
Fr. Ignatius Loyola
Mascarenhas,
of the clergy of Delhi, rector of the
preparatory regional seminary at Kauli, has been
appointed as bishop of the diocese of
Simla-Chandigarh.
10.02.2009:
Msgr. Binay
Kandulna,
of the clergy of Khunti, collaborator of the
apostolic nunciature in New Delhi has been
appointed as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese
of Ranchi.
23.01.2009:
Cardinal Telesphore
Placidus Toppo,
archbishop of Ranchi, has been appointed member
of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
23.01.2009:
Fr. Sebastian Maria
Michael S.V.D,
director of the Andheri Institute of Indian
Culture in Mumbai has been appointed consultor
of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
22.01.2009:
Fr. Edward S.
Mudavassery, S.J,
has been appointed Provincial Superior of South
Asia. He will assume office on 31 May 2009. He
succeeds Fr. Hector D'Souza S.J.
17.01.2009:
Rev. Fr. Franco
Mulakkal,
the Treasurer of the Apostolic Union of the
Clergy (Rome) has been appointed Auxiliary
Bishop of Delhi Archdiocese and titular Bishop
of Chullu.
03.12.2008:
Rev. Fr. Francis
Kalist,
Rector of St. Francis Xavier’s Regional Major
Seminary (Philosophate) at Etmadpur, Agra has
been appointed Bishop of Meerut. His Episcopal
Ordination will take place on 8th February,
2009, in Meerut.
24.10.2008:
Most Rev. Daniel
Acharuparambil, OCD,
Archbishop of Verapoly has been appointed as
Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of
Cochin.
24.10.2008:
Most Rev. Chacko
Thottumarickal, SVD,
Bishop of Jhabua has been appointed as Bishop of
Indore.
13.06.2008:
Fr. Francisco
Caldeira,
presently the Editor of Renovação/Renewal, the
official fortnightly bulletin of the Archdiocese
Goa and Daman, has been appointed as Director of
the Diocesan Centre for Social Communications
Media of the archdiocese of Goa and Daman.
31.05.2008:
Fr. Antonysamy
Francis,
of the clergy of Thanjavur and Parish Priest of
Vailankanni, has been appointed as Bishop of
Kumbakonam.
15.03.2008:
Fr. Henry D’Souza,
presently Executive Secretary of the CBCI
Commission for Social Communications, New Delhi,
has been appointed as Bishop of Bellary Diocese
in Karnataka.
11.02.08:
Bishop Vincent
Barwa,
presently Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi has been
appointed as the Bishop of Simdega, in Jharkhand.
08.02.08:
Fr Anthony Poola
of the clergy of Cuddapah has been appointed as
Bishop of Kurnool diocese.
04.02.08:
Fr. M. Santiago
and
Fr. Franco Mulakkal
have been appointed as consultors of the
Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
31.01.08:
Father Prasad
Gallela
of the clergy of
Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh has been appointed
Bishop of Cuddapah diocese.
18.01.08:
Fr. Abraham Kackanatt
of the clergy of Tiruvalla has been appointed as
the Bishop of Muvattupuzha diocese of the
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
16.01.08:
Msgr. Felix Anthony
Machado,
of the clergy of Vasai and presently Under
Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the
Inter-religious Dialogue (Vatican City)
appointed Bishop of Nashik, with the personal
title of Archbishop.
03.12.2007:
Msgr. Michael
Akasius Toppo
of the clergy of the diocese of Tezpur, has been
appointed as the Bishop of Tejpur diocese in
Assam
20.11.07:
Bishop Thomas Dabre
of Vasai appointed as member of the Pontifical
Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
08.11.07:
Bishop Gerald John
Mathias
of Simla and
Chandigarh has been appointed as bishop of
Lucknow diocese in Uttar Pradesh.
18.10.07:
Archbishop William
D’Souza, SJ,
Archbishop of Patna, appointed Apostolic
Administrator of Buxar diocese.
17.10.07:
Archbishop Oswald
Gracias
of the Archdiocese of Bombay has been appointed
as Cardinal by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
which was announced at Vatican today at 4.00
p.m. (IST) at St. Peter’s Square.
01.10.07:
Bishop William
D’Souza, SJ,
presently Bishop
of Buxar, has been appointed the Archbishop of
Patna. Simultaneously, Pope Benedict XVI has
accepted the resignation of Most Rev. Benedict
J. Osta, SJ, from the pastoral governance of the
Archdiocese of Patna.
29.08.07:
Fr. Joseph
Erumachadath, M.C.B.S.
has been appointed the first bishop of the newly
created diocese of Bhadravati in Karnataka. The
diocese belongs to the Syro-Malabar rite.
30.06.07:
Bishop Peter
Remigius
of Kumbakonam transferred and appointed Bishop
of Kottar in Tamil Nadu.
15.06.07:
Bishop Leo
Cornelio, SVD,
presently Bishop of Khandwa has been appointed
new Archbishop of Bhopal.
At the same
time, the Holy Father has accepted the
resignation of the incumbent Archbishop of
Bhopal Paschal Topno who completed seventy five
years today.
08.06.07:
Msgr. Lourdunada
Daniel
has been
appointed as the
Bishop of Amravati diocese in Maharashtra. Msgr.
Lourdunada is the present Vicar General of Pune
diocese.
15.05.07:
Father Pradeep
Sequeira, SJ,
presently
episcopal vicar for religious in Bangalore
Archdiocese has been appointed Rector of the
Papal Seminary, Pune.
15.05.07:
Fr Denis Moras
Prabhu
(67),
has been
appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of
Mangalore. He takes the place of Msgr. Fred V.
Pereira.
23.04.07:
Bishop Andrew Marak,
Coadjutor Bishop of Tura has been appointed
Bishop of Tura.
23.04.07:
The Holy Father
has accepted the resignation of
Bishop George Mamalassery
from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tura.
He completed 75 on Apr. 22.
31.03.07:
The Holy See has
appointed Pune
Bishop Valerian D'Souza
as Apostolic Administrator
sede vacante
et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis
of the Diocese of Nashik in Maharashtra
31.03.07:
Pope Benedict
XVI has accepted the resignation of
Bishop Thomas Bhalerao, SJ,
from the pastoral governance of Nashik Diocese.
27.03.07:
Bishop Thomas
Koorilos Chakkalapadickal
of Muvattapuzha
has been appointed to the office of metropolitan
Archbishop of Tiruvalla.
24.02.07:
Bishop Anil Couto,
Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, appointed as the new
Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese.
24.02.07:
Fr Derek Fernandes,
Chancellor of the Diocese of Belgaum, appointed
as the new Bishop of Karwar Diocese.
24.02.07:
Fr, Raphy Manjaly,
Administrator of the Archdiocese of Agra
appointed as the new Bishop of Varanasi Diocese.
16.02.07:
Bishop of Lucknow
Albert D'Souza
appointed as the Metropolitan of Agra.
14.02.07:
Fr. John Moolachira
of the diocese of Tezpur has been appointed
Bishop of Diphu Diocese in Assam.
10.02.07:
Msgr. Anthony
Sharma, Sj
(69) has been appointed
first Bishop
of Nepal.
10.02.07:
Archbishop Isaac
Mar Cleemis Thottunkal,
presently Archbishop of Tiruvalla has been
confirmed Major Major Archbishop of Trivandrum
Archdiocese.
07.02.07:
Fr Chacko Aerath,
OIC
has been appointed titular Bishop of Bapara and
Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malankaras in
India, outside the proper territory.
22.01.07:
Mar Joseph
Peruthottam,
Auxiliary Bishop of Changanacherry and
Mar Andrew Thazhath,
Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur have been appointed
Metropolitan Archbishops of Chenganacherry and
Trichur respectively.
20.01.07:
Fr Angelus Kujur,
SJ,
director of "Jeevan Dhara" spirituality Centre
in Raiganj has been appointed Bishop of Purnea
Diocese in Bihar.
11.01.07:
Rev. Fr. Kurian
Valikandathil,
Rector of the Diocesan Minor Seminary has been
appointed Bishop of Bhagalpur.
01.01.07:
Mavelikara
in Kerala has been made a new diocese of the
Syro-Malankara Rite and Auxiliary Bishop of
Thiruvananthapuram,
Mar Joshua Ignathios
has been appointed as the first bishop of the
new diocese.
07.12.06:
Most Rev Moses Doraboina Prakasam
of Cuddapah transferred as Bishop of Nellore.
02.12.06:
Rev. Fr. Thomasappa
Anthony Swamy
of Bangalore Archdiocese, presently professor at
the Pontifical Seminary in Bangalore as the
Bishop of Chikmagalur Diocese.
27.11.06:
Rev. Fr. Sarat
Chandra Nayak,
presently Chancellor of the Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar
Archdiocese has been appointed Bishop of
Behrampur Diocese in Orissa.
25.11.06:
Most Rev Filipe
Neri Ferrao,
Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch "ad
honorem" has been appointed the first
Metropolitan Archbishop of the newly created
Ecclesiastical Province of Goa and Daman.
25.11.06:
Msgr. Joseph
Karikassery,
Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Verapoly has
been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Verapoly.
21.11.06 :
Most Rev. Bernard
Moras,
has been
entrusted with the additional charge as
Apostolic Administrator of Bellary Diocese until
a new bishop is appointed.
20.10.06 :
Most Rev. Edwin
Colaco,
presently Bishop
of Amravati has been transferred by Pope
Benedict XVI as the Bishop of Aurangabad.
14.10.06 :
Archbishop Oswald
Gracias,
presently Metropolitan of Agra appointed
Archbishop pf Bombay.
20.09.06 :
Fr Jose
Pandarassery
has been appointed as the Auxiliary Bishop of
Kottayam Archepharchy,
Kerala.
15.07.06 :
Most Rev. Mar
Gratian Mundadan,
Bishop of Bijnor has been appointed Apostolic
Visitator for the Syro-Malabars in India,
outside the "territorium proprium".
15.07.06 :
Fr. Thomas
Thuruthimatam, C.S.T.
has been appointed new Bishop of Gorakhpur.
12.07.06 :
Abp Joseph
Mittathany's
resignation accepted and
Co-adjutor Archbishop Dominic Lumon
appointed as Archbishop of Imphal.
11.07.06 :
Fr. Soundaraj
Periyanayagam, SDB,
rector of Don Bosco Orphanage, Vellore, has been
appointed Bishop of Vellore diocese in Tamil
Nadu.
30.06.06 :
Fr. Arulappan
Amalraj
has been
appointed new Bishop of Ootacamund diocese in
Tamil Nadu.
28.06.06
:
Bishop Bosco Penha,
Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, has been appointed
the Diocesan Administrator sede vacante of the
Archdiocese
of Bombay.
20.05.06
:
Cardinal Ivan Dias,
presently Archbishop of Bombay has been
appointed Prefect of the Pontifical Congregation
for the Evangelization of Peoples, Rome.
08.05.06
:
Mons. Sebastian Thekethecheril,
Vicar General of the diocese of Vijayapuram, has
been appointed as the new Bishop of Vijayapuram
27.04.06
:
Mons. Francis Assisi Chullikatt
appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan.
23.03.06
:
Bishop Victor
Kindo
of Raigarh has been appointed as the first
bishop of the newly erected diocese of Jashpur.
23.03.06
:
Fr. Paul
Toppo,
Vicar General of the diocese of Raigarh, has
been appointed as the new Bishop of Raigarh.
04.02.06
:
Fr John Barwa, SVD,
former provincial superior of India Eastern
province of Society of Divine Word, appointed
Coadjutor Bishop of Rourkela Diocese in Orissa.
02.02.06
:
Rev. Peter
Machado,
Judicial Vicar of Karwar diocese has been
appointed new Bishop of Belgaum.
02.02.06
:
Msgr. Antony Chirayath
appointed as the new Bishop of Sagar.
31.01.06
:
Mons. Clement
Tirkey,
Vicar General of Bagdogra diocese has been
appointed new Bishop of Jalpaiguri diocese.
28.01.06
:
Mons. Paul
Lakra
has been appointed Bishop of Gumla Diocese in
Jarkhand.
28.01.06
:Fr.
Vincent Kympat
has been appointed the first bishop of Jowai, in
Meghalaya.
28.01.06
:
Fr. Victor
Lyngdoh
is appointed the first Bishop of Nongstoin in
Meghalaya.
12.12.05 :
Fr. William D'Souza
has been appointed the first bishop of the newly
erected diocese of Buxar.
07.12.05 :
Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil
of Diphu has been
appointed as the first bishop of the newly
created diocese of Itanagar.
07.12.05
: Fr.
P. K. George Palliparampil,
rector of Salesian house Tinsukia, Assam has
been appointed as the first bishop of the
newly created diocese of Miao.
05.12.05
:
Bishop Mathew Moolakkat,
OSB
appointed Archbishop of Kottayam
20.07.05 :
Bishop Oswald Lewis,
co-adjutor bishop of Meerut appointed bishop
of newly created diocese of Jaipur.
06.07.05 :
Rev Fr Alwyn Barreto
of Poona diocese has been appointed as Bishop of
the newly created diocese of Sindhudurg,
Maharashtra.
24.06.05 :
Mons. Robert Miranda,
episcopal vicar of Bidar has been appointed as
bishop of the newly created diocese of Gulbarga,
Karnataka.
01.04.05 :
Bishop Malayappan Chinnappa,
Bishop of Vellore has been appointed as
Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore Archdiocese.
01.04.05 :
Rev Fr Yvon Ambroise
former executive director of Caritas India has
been appointed Bishop of Tuticorin Diocese.
01.04.05 :
Mons. Jabamalai Susaimanickam
Vicar General of Madurai Archdiocese has been
appointed Co-adjutor Bishop of Sivagangai
Diocese.
12.03.05
:
Mons. Joseph Kariyil
appointed Bishop of Punalur.
12.03.05
:
Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo
Appointed as one of the three President-
Delegates of the next Synod of Bishops on the
EUCHARIST to be held in Rome in October 2005.
10.02.05
:
Most Rev Cyril Mar Baselios appointed
as Major Archbishop of the Major Archdiocese of
Trivandrum.
05.01.05
:
Rev Fr Joseph Konnath
appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy
of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara).
29.09.04
:
Most Rev Vincent Barwa
appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi.
22.07.04
:
Most Rev Bernard Moras
appointed as Archbishop of Bangalore.
17.06.04
:
Most Rev Maria Calist Soosa Pakiam
promoted as the first Archbishop of Trivandrum
Archdiocese (Latin Rite).
17.06.04
:
Rev Fr Andrew Marak
appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Tura.
10.06.04
:
Most Rev Anthony Anandarayar
appointed as Archbishop of Pondicherry-
Cuddalore.
18.03.04
:
Most Rev Joseph A. Charanakunnel
promoted as the first Archbishop of Raipur.
18.03.04
:
Rev Fr Joseph
Kallarangatt
appointed as
Bishop of Palai.
18.03.04
:
Rev Fr Jose Porunnedom
appointed as Bishop of Mananthavady.
18.03.04
:
Mons. Andrews
Thazhath
appointed as
Auxiliary Bishop of Trichur.
16.01.04
:
Most Rev Filipe Neri Ferrao
appointed as Archbishop of Goa Daman.
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