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

History

• 1944.09: Established as Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.) (English)

Present Officials

President (2026.02.07 – ...):	Cardinal Anthony Poola (64) Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica Metropolitan Archbishop of Hyderabad (India)
Vice-President (2026.02.07 – ...):	Archbishop Thomas Koorilos Chakkalapadickal (67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tiruvalla of the Syro-Malankara (India) Secretary of Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church
Second Vice-President (2026.02.07 – ...):	Archbishop Mathew Moolakkattu, O.S.B. Vall. (73) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kottayam of the Syro-Malabars (India)
General Secretary (2024.02.06 – ...):	Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (71) Metropolitan Archbishop of Delhi (India)

Past Officials

• President:  Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (74) (2022.11.11 – 2026.02.07)
• President:  Cardinal Oswald Gracias (81) (2018.02.09 – 2022.11.11)
• President:  Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (66) (2014.02.12 – 2018.02.09)
• President:  Cardinal Oswald Gracias (81) (2010.03.01 – 2014.02.12)
• President:  Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. (2008.02.19 – 2010.03.01)
• President:  Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo (2004.01.12 – 2008.02.19)
• President:  Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. (later Major Archbishop) (2000 – 2004)
• President:  Archbishop Alan Basil de Lastic (1998 – 2000.06.20)
• President:  Archbishop Joseph Powathil (1994 – 1998)
• President:  Archbishop Alphonsus Mathias (1989 – 1994)
• President:  Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil, O.I.C. (1988 – 1989)
• President:  Archbishop Simon Ignatius Pimenta (later Cardinal) (1982 – 1988)
• President:  Cardinal Lawrence Trevor Picachy, S.J. (1976 – 1982)
• President:  Cardinal Joseph Parecattil (1972 – 1976)
• President:  Cardinal Valerian Gracias (1958 – 1972)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop George Antonysamy (74) (2022.11.11 – 2026.02.07)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Joshuah Ignathios Kizhakkeveettil (75) (2018.02.09 – 2022.11.11)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Andrews Thazhath (74) (2014.02.12 – 2018.02.09)
• Vice-President:  Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (66) (2010.03.01 – 2014.02.12)
• Vice-President:  Cardinal Oswald Gracias (81) (2008.02.19 – 2010.03.01)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao (89) (2000 – 2004)
• Second Vice-President:  Bishop Joseph Thomas Konnath (73) (2022.11.11 – 2026.02.07)
• Second Vice-President:  Archbishop George Njaralakatt (79) (2018.02.09 – 2022.11.11)
• Second Vice-President:  Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (73) (later Cardinal) (2014.02.12 – 2018.02.09)
• Second Vice-President:  Bishop George Punnakottil (89) (2010.03.01 – 2013.01.07)
• Second Vice-President:  Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal (66) (later Cardinal) (2008.02.19 – 2010.03.01)
• General Secretary:  Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado (77) (2020.02.18 – 2024.02.06)
• General Secretary:  Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X. (65) (2016.03 – 2020.02.18)
• General Secretary:  Archbishop Albert D’Souza (80) (2012.02 – 2016.03)

Last updated on 2026.04.11

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