Goa Archbishop Elected as President of CCBI Chennai:Most Rev. Dr. Filipe Neri Fer- various responsibilities of the Catholic ies (ARMS). A one day recollection rão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman Church in the past, viz. Pope’s Am- for the member Bishops, directed by was elected as the new President bassador to Gambia, Liberia and Sier- the well-known theologian, Rev. Dr. of the CCBI by the 31st Plenary As- ra Leone; charged’Affaires of the Vati- Anil Dev, IMS from Varanasi was also sembly of the National Episcopal can Embassy in Jordan. In 2012 he conducted. Conference of India, at Joe Anima- was appointed the sixth Archbishop of Chennai-Mylapore Archdiocese. The 31st Plenary Assembly of the CCBI will conclude on Monday, 14 The re-elected Secretary General of January. 143 Bishops from 132 Dio- the CCBI Archbishop Anil Couto(64) ceses are attending the meeting. held thisoffice: he was the Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, and Bishop of Jullun- The Conference of Catholic Bishops dur. At present he is the Archbishop of of India (CCBI) is canonically the Na- Delhi since 2012. tional Episcopal Conference for the Latin rite Catholics. It is the largest The Assembly deliberated the theme “The Joy of the Gospel”and it will chalk out detailed programmes and Archbishop Filipe Neri tion Centre, Mahabalipurm, Chennai, Tamilnadu. He will replace His Emi- nence Oswald Cardinal Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay who served the Conference as its President for three terms of two years each from Archbishop Anil Joseph 2013 to 2019. Thomas Couto, Archbishop George Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy Antonysamy Archbishop of Chennai- Mylapore Bishops Conference in Asia and the and Most Rev. Dr. Anil Joseph Thom- action plans to revitalize the minis- fourth largest in the world. It consists as Couto, the Archbishop of Delhi try of love and compassion for the of 132 dioceses with 189 bishops. were re-elected CCBI Vice president Church at the diocesan and parish and Secretary General respectively. levels. —Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara Deputy Secretary General, CCBI Archbishop Filipe Neri (65) was the The Secretaries of the fourteen Com- former Vice President of the CCBI missions and the three Departments from 2011 to 2017. He was appointed of the CCBI presented their biennial Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of reports of the activities for the year News item, Articles, Stories, Opin- Goa and Daman at the age of 40, on 2017 and 2018. The Bishops evalu- ion, interview, Poems, etc. can be 20 December, 1993. He was installed ated the programmes of the CCBI sent by as the Archbishop on 21 March, Commissions of Bible, Catechet- WhatsApp: +91 9820485389 2004. He also served the CBCI as its ics, Canon Law and Other Legisla- Email: Vice President. 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