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MARGAO: Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Daman has been re-elected as president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), while Archbishop Peter Machado of Bengaluru has been elected as vice president and Archbishop Vincent Aind of Ranchi as secretary general. The elections took place during the 36th Plenary Assembly of the CCBI at XIM University, Bhubaneswar.
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Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão (72) was first elected as the president at the 31st plenary assembly held in Chennai in 2019. He was re-elected for a second term in 2023 at the 34th plenary assembly in Bengaluru. In addition to his leadership in India, he also serves as president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), a role he took on in January 2025. He is also the member of the
dicastery for Evangelisation and secretariat for Synod of Bishops.
