Cardinal Dr. Oswald Gracias President, CBCI

The Archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Dr. Oswald Gracias, has been appointed as the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). Cardinal Oswald Gracias was re-elected. The new president was elected at the cbci’s biennial conference being held at St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bengaluru.

Malankara Catholic Church, Mavelikkara diocese head , Dr. JOshua Mar Ignathios, has been appointed as the first vice-president of the CBCI. Mar George Naralakkatt, head of the Archdiocese of Thalassery, was re-elected as the second vice president. The term is two years.