Bengaluru: Fr. Cyril Victor Joseph, priest of the Archdiocese of Bangalore has obtained a Doctorate in the field of Institutional (Church) Communications from the Pontifical University of Holy Cross, Rome.
The papal visit was chosen as a case study for doctoral research to understand how the journalists and the main stream press focuses on the Church events. The study was focused on the recent visit of Pope Francis to USA in 2015 with a quantitative and rhetorical analysis of the press coverage. Prior to this he has also taken up a TV internship at EWTN, Alabama and a student exchange program at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
Currently, He is the director of Communication Center and the secretary for the Social communication in the Archdiocese of Bangalore. In addition, he is also the director of Paalana Bhavana, the Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese of Bangalore and the Coordinator for all the diocesan commissions.
Born on July 21, 1979 in Bangalore, Fr Cyril Victor Joseph had education in St. Theresa’s Catholic Primary School, Bangalore (1985 to 1992), St Anthony’s Catholic High School (1992 to 1995), Bhakthi Bhavan, Minor Seminary (July 15, 1995), St Joseph’s College, Bangalore (1996 to 2001), St Peter’s Pontifical Seminary – Philosophy (2001 to 2003) and St Peter’s Pontifical Seminary, Bangalore – Theology (2003 to 2007).
Fr Victor was ordained a priest on May 7, 2008. He completed Master’s degree in English Literature from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore (2009 to 2011). A soft –spoken Fr Victor also had Licentiate (Post Graduate) in Institutional Church Communications with a special theme “Communicating Church Through Mobile Apps”, at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy.
Fr Victor’s work experience includes teaching at Bhakthi Bhavan, Bangalore (2009 to 2012) and teacher of Sacred Scripture, Liturgy and Spoken English.
As a Roman Catholic priest of the archdiocese, he discharged his pastoral duties as a Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph’s Church, Briand Square (2008 to 2009), Assistant Rector, Bhakthi Bhavan, Minor Seminary (2009 to 2012), Assistant Director, Archdiocesan Communications Centre (2009 to 2012) and Editor – Tabor Vaani, Archdiocesan Monthly News Magazine (2009 to 2012).
The languages Fr Cyril Victor speaks are Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, English, Italian, German and Spanish.