The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) has elected Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai as its new President for the next two years on Monday, March 1, 2010 at its 29th General Body Meeting being held at Don Bosco Institute in Guwahati.
His Beatitude Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis, the Major Archbishop the Syro-Malankara Ecclesiastical Traditions and Archbishop of Trivandrum was elected as Vice-President I and Bishop George Punnakottil of Kothamangalam belonging to the Syro-Malabar Church was elected as the Vice-President II of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India.
Archbishop Albert D'Souza of Agra was elected as the new Secretary General of the CBCI for next two years. The Secretary General of the Bishops' Conference is the chief functionary and as such he deals with the most important matters that come under the purview of the Conference. He is assisted by the Deputy Secretary General of CBCI Rev. Fr. Thomas d'Aquino Sequeira.
