Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (C.C.B.I.)

Conference of Bishops

Country: India

Address: C.C.B.I. Centre, D’Costa Lay out, 2nd Cross, Wheeler’s Road, St. Mary’s Town, Bangalore 560084, Karnataka, India

Phone: (080) 2549.8081

Website:

History

1988: Established as Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (C.C.B.I.) (English)

Present Officials

President (2019.01.12 – ...):

Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via

Patriarch of East Indies

Metropolitan Archbishop of Goa and Daman (India)

President of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Vice-President (2025.02.02 – ...):

Archbishop Peter Machado (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangalore (India)

General Secretary (2025.02.02 – ...):

Archbishop Vincent Aind (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ranchi (India)

Past Officials

President: Cardinal Oswald Gracias (81) (2013.02 – 2019.01.12)
President: Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo (2011.01.12 – 2013.02)
President: Cardinal Oswald Gracias (81) (2005 – 2011.01.12)
President: Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo (2002 – 2005)
President: Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza (1999 – 2002)
President: Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy (1997 – 1999)
President: Cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta (1993 – 1997)
President: Archbishop Henry Sebastian D’Souza (1988 – 1992)
Vice-President: Archbishop George Antonysamy (74) (2017.02.06 – 2025.02.02)
Vice-President: Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (73) (later Cardinal) (2011.01.11 – 2017.02.06)
Vice-President: Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (89) (2007 – 2011)
Vice-President: Bishop Valerian D’Souza (2002 – 2007)
Vice-President: Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo (later Cardinal) (1998 – 2002)
Vice-President: Bishop Patrick Paul D’Souza (1996 – 1998)
Vice-President: Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy (1994 – 1996)
Vice-President: Archbishop Casimir Gnanadickam, S.J. (1993 – 1993.11.10)
Vice-President: Archbishop Marianus Arokiasamy (1991 – 1993)
Vice-President: Archbishop Leobard D’Souza (1988 – 1991)
General Secretary: Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (71) (2017.02.06 – 2025.02.02)
General Secretary: Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal (73) (later Archbishop) (2013.08.17 – 2017.02.06)
General Secretary: Bishop Prakash Mallavarapu (77) (later Archbishop) (2005 – 2011)
General Secretary: Bishop Thomas Dabre (80) (1998 – 2005)
General Secretary: Bishop Ignatius Paul Pinto (later Archbishop) (1994 – 1998)
General Secretary: Bishop Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. (1991 – 1994)
General Secretary: Archbishop Angelo Innocent Fernandes (1989 – 1991)

Last updated on 2026.04.11