PANJIM: His Eminence Filipe Neri Cardinal Ferrão (69), Archbishop of Goa and Daman was re-elected as the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) by the 33rd Plenary Assembly held at St John’s National Institute of Health Sciences, Bangalore from November 11 to 12, 2022.
Most Rev Dr George Antonysamy (69) Archbishop of Madras- Mylapore and Most Rev Dr Anil Joseph Thomas Couto (68), the Archbishop of Delhi were also re-elected CCBI Vice President and Secretary General respectively.
Cardinal Ferrao was elected first time in 2019 by the 31st Plenary Assembly held in Chennai and replaced Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Bombay. Archbishop Antonysamy and Archbishop Couto were elected first time in 2017.
