Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos is elected as the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) today at its 31st plenary meeting held at Palai.
His Beatitude Baselios Cleemis Catholicos was appointed Cardinal of the Catholic Church by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on 24 October 2012. His Beatitude, the youngest among the College of Cardinals, is a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches and the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue and was also elected the President of the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) in December 2013.
His Beatitude was nominated to the National Integration Council (NIC) by Dr Manmohan Singh at the beginning of this month.
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church extends its hearty felicitations to the new President.
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