Bangalore 25 April 2023 (CCBI): Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão, the President of the CCBI as one of the members of the Section for Fundamental Issues of Evangelization in the World (New Evangelization) of the Dicastery for Evangelization on April 25, 2023. This Section headed by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, is responsible for overseeing the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, also known as the Holy Year.
Earlier he was also appointed as one of the members of the Dicastery for Evangelization on October 7, 2022. Pope Francis elevated Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão as Cardinal on August 27, 2022, and was appointed as the Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via.
Cardinal Filipe Neri Ferrão was born on January 20, 1953, and ordained priest on October 28, 1979. Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman on December 20, 1993, he received the Episcopal Ordination on April 10, 1994. On December 12, 2003, he was appointed the Archbishop of Goa and Daman and Patriarch “ad honorem” of the East Indies and installed on March 21, 2004. He was elected as the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, at its 31st Plenary Assembly, held in 2019 in Chennai.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara
Deputy Secretary General, CCBI