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Archdiocese of Delhi gets new Archbishop
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed His Excellency Anil J T Couto, bishop of Jullundar as the Archbishop of Delhi.
His appointment came after Archbishop Vincent M. Concessao resigned from the post in December 2011.
The pontiff accepted his resignation and made the new appointment on November 30, 2012
Bishop Anil Couto was born on 27 July 1954 in Goa. He joined the minor seminary in 1967 and completed his theological studies from Vidyajyoti, Delhi. He was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Delhi in 1981. He was Rector of Pratiksha, Major Seminary and also Rector of Vinay Gurukul, Gurgaon. He was appointed Episcopal Vicar before he became auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Delhi in 2001. He was appointed Bishop of Julundar on 24th February 2007.
The installation ceremony will take place in Delhi on 20th January 2013.
-CNSNews
November 2012
25st
November 2012:
Christ The King celebrations in the Archdiocese of Delhi
The Solemnity of Christ the King was celebrated on Sunday 25th November 2012 in the Archdiocese of Delhi at St. Columba’s School Grounds. The celebrations commenced with the arrival of a fleet of buses from the various parishes of the Delhi diocese, hence there were buses from the NCR (National Capital Region) comprising of faraway places in Gurgaon and Faridabad. Each parish announcing the occasion with a rainbow of colorful banners, different, yet, in unison. His Grace, Most Rev. Vincent M. Concessao, Archbishop with Most Rev. Franco Mulakkal, Auxiliary bishop, Fr. Vincent D’souza Vicar General, along with a host of priests in attendance celebrated the Holy Eucharist with fervor and reverence. Most Rev. Vincent M Concessao, Archbishop gave a thought provoking, meaningful and apt message. Led by Auxiliary bishop Franco Mulakkal, there was a procession after the Holy Eucharist, with the recitation of the rosary, prayers and singing in praise and worship in honour of Christ the King. The participants in the procession consisted of women, youth, children the aged and infirm. Interspersed, were Theme Floats, each with a proclamation of Christ the King-Our Universal King. The Blessed Sacrament exposed for worship and adoration on a beautifully flower decked vehicle covered the three kilometer long procession. It was a great celebration in which over ten thousand faithful actively participated.
This year’s theme being- ‘Christ has opened a door of faith for us’ - on this and various other relevant social themes, messages were put across by parishes and enacted by children and the youth, who prepared eye-catching floats which were taken on the procession route .
The feast, celebrated on the final Sunday of the liturgical year, which is the last Sunday before Advent, is in honour of Jesus Christ - Our Lord Over All Creation.
December 2012
01th December 2012:
Vatican to beatify Indian Lay Martyr
Kanyakumari: The Vatican would next month pronounce Devasahayam Pillai, an 18th century Hindu convert to Catholicism in Tamil Nadu, as ‘Blessed’.
The Kottar diocese in the state is gearing up for the significant event on Dec. 2. The event is expected to draw nearly 100,000 people from across the state.
Forty bishops of the church, priests and religious people all over are also expected to join the celebrations.
Pillai is celebrated as the martyr of the diocese who is believed to have been killed for professing Catholic faith in the 18th century.
Pope Benedict had in June recognized Pillai as a martyr for faith and made him a venerable, the second stage in the Catholic Church’s four-tier canonization process.
“Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints under whom the appeal for beatification of Pillai was scrutinised will be the main celebrant of the grand Holy Mass,” said Fr. A. Gabriel, the priest of the diocese.
The priest had been heading the local committee working for the beatification process in the diocese. Cardinal Amato in his earlier communication stated that Pillai will be the first Indian martyr for faith who will be given the title of 'Blessed'.
Pillai stuck to his faith till his death and he is an example for the Catholic Church in India, the cardinal had stated. Along with Cardinal Amato, Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Cardinal Telespore Toppo will attend the beatification ceremony.
Fr. Gabriel said that efforts for the beatification of Pillai started as soon he was martyred and the then Bishop Clement Joseph of Cochin submitted a report to the Vatican in 1756.
Later, the laity of the diocese started taking efforts in a full-fledged manner and formed a local committee called Catholic Club at Nagercoil in 1984 and the continuous efforts of the diocese and the laity have yielded the results.
"It is a great honour that Devasahayam Pillai is to be beatified and we are eagerly preparing for the event," Fr. Gabriel said.
Source : Times of India
World's oldest bishop, a Vietnamese, dies at 106
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The world's oldest Catholic bishop, Vietnamese Bishop Antoine Nguyen Van Thien, died May 13,2012 in France two months after
his 106th birthday, the Vatican newspaper reported. The former bishop of Vinh Long, Vietnam, celebrated the 80th anniversary of his ordination to
the priesthood in February. He was ordained a bishop in 1961 and he attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in 1962-65. The Vatican newspaper,
L'Osservatore Romano, said that after seven years as bishop of Vinh Long, in 1968 at the age of 62, he was allowed to resign after "a serious illness." He lived in Nice, France,
since 1985. The oldest living U.S. bishop is retired Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark, N.J., who will be 100 in July. -CNSNews
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