Rome: His Holiness, Pope Francis has appointed His Lordship Rt. Rev. Elias Gonsalves, until now Bishop of Amravati, as the new Archbishop of Nagpur. This ecclesiastical provision was made public in Rome on Monday.
His Lordship, Rt. Rev. Elias Gonsalves, was born on 4th July, 1961, in Chulna Village, Vasai Road, Thane, Maharashtra. He studied at St. Pius X Seminary, Mumbai and was ordained priest on 1st April, 1990 in Vasai, for the Archdiocese of Bombay. He has a B.A. in History and Economics, from Bombay University (1982), he did his studies in Community Based Development and Leadership, from St. Francis Xavier University, Coady Institute, Canada, and studies in Counselling.
He was Assistant Parish Priest at Nandakhal, Vasai (1990-1991) and Sandor, Vasai (1991-1997); Youth Coordinator for South Vasai Deanery (1993-1996); Priest in-charge at Roha (1997-2004); Priest in-charge at Panvel (2005-2008); Asst. Director and then Director, Centre for Social Action, Mumbai (2008-2012); Director, Sarvodaya Centre for Capacity Building, Mumbai (2009-2012).
He was elected Bishop of Amravati on 11th July, 2012 and consecrated on 29th September, 2012. As Bishop, he has been in charge of Catholic Education in the Western Region Catholic Bishops’ Council.
The Catholic Bishops’ Council of India (CBCI) in a statement greeted Archbishop-elect Elias Gonsalves on his new role.
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Bengaluru: The participants at the 34th Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) Plenary Assembly elected new office-bearers for next term. The present CBCI President, His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias and the Vice-Presidents: Archbishop Mar George Njaralakatt and Bishop Joshua Ignathios were reelected to the same office for another term. Archbishop…
By Verghese V Joseph - Bangalore: There's a new team at the helm of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI). Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, Metropolitan Archbishop of Thrissur was elected as the new president at its ongoing 35th General Body Meeting at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in…
Fr Arockia Rayappan - Father Isaac was a missionary priest serving in the Archdiocese of Nagpur. Father Isaac was ordained priest on January 1, 2007. He served as secretary to the Archbishop, an assistant parish priest, professor at Seminary, parish priest and manager of a School at Seoni. He left…
