Bengaluru: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has been re-elected as the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI).
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos was elected for another term of two years at a conference held at St John's medical College here.
Currently, he is the president of the Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council (KCBC).
The Catholicos' Episcopal life began as auxiliary bishop of Thiruvananthapuram in 2001 and was elevated as Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Church six years later.
He was a member of the conclave which elected the current Pope. He is known for his interventions to bring an end to attacks on churches, priests and nuns.
He is a member of the National Integration Committee chaired by the prime minister.
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