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PRESS BRIEF 06-02-2017
New Office Bearers Elected for CCBI.
Bhopal: On the seventh day of the 29th Plenary Assembly of Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), the Plenary Assembly re-elected Cardinal His Eminence Oswald Gracias, CCBI president for the coming two years,in the Pastoral Centre, Bhopal. Cardinal Oswald is the president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) as well as the Archbishop of Bombay, at present.
Dr. George Antonysamy Archbishop of Chennai-
Mylapure and Dr. Anil Joseph Thomas Couto,
the Archbishop of Delhi are the elected CCBI
Vice president and the Secretary General respectively. Archbishop Antonysamy, held various
responsibilities of the Catholic Church in the past, viz. Pope’s Ambassador to
Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone; in charge of d’Affaires of the Vatican
Embassy in Jordan. In 2012 he was appointed the sixth archbishop of
Chennai-Mylapore Archdiocese.
The newly elected
Secretary General of CCBI Dr. Anil Couto held the following office: the
Auxiliary Bishop of Delhi, Titular bishop of Cenculiana, and Bishop of
Jullundur. His Grace Anil Couto is the
Archbishop of Delhi since 2012. The CCBI Plenary Assembly appreciated
and thanked the former Vice President Archbishop Philipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and
the Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal of Calicut for their generous contribution and
committed service to the CCBI.
Newly elected Office Bearers of the CCBI
installed to their respective offices in a small ceremony moderated by Most
Rev. Abraham Viruthakulangara, the Archbishop of Nagpur. Archbishop Filipe
Neri, the main celebrant of the Holy Eucharist said during his homily,“At times, uneasy silence creep in the families. But ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ are simple
but three magical words which can translate the silence into joyful moments of
mutual understanding.” “The forgiving love of members forms the corner stone of
a happy family,” he continued. The
initiatives taken by any of the member of the family at the time of silence, is
to be appreciated. The conversation among the members of the family should
never stop, at any situation, he reminded.
Christian believe that every human being is made in the image of God and is loved by God. "Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for elderly and revene your God. I am the Lord"