Synod of Bishops in Rome (Photo by Vatican News)
Jan 3 2024
The Pope transferred Bishop Vincent Aind of Bagdogra, a diocese in West Bengal, to Jharkhand state as the new archbishop of Ranchi, the mother diocese of India’s tribal Church.
He also promoted Auxiliary Bishop Barthol Barretto of Bombay as the bishop of Nashik in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
The two new bishops-elect are Father Peter Rumal Kharadi as the bishop of Jhabua in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and Father Bernard Lancy Pinto as the bishop of Aurangabad, another diocese in Maharashtra.
At the same time the Pope accepted the resignations of Jesuit Archbishop Felix Toppo of Ranchi and Bishop Lourdunada Daniel after they crossed 75 years, the age limit of a Catholic bishop.
The announcements were made at noon in Rome and its corresponding time in India.
Archbishop-elect Aind was born on January 30, 1955, in Kalchini in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal.
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