General Information

Ecclesial Tradition	Sui Iuris Church	Heads of the Church
Roman or Latin	Roman Church	Pope Francis
Alexandrian	Coptic Church	Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak
	Eritrean Church	Menghesteab Tesfamariam
	Ethiopian Church	Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel
Antiochian	Maronite Church	Bechara Pierre Rai
	Syro Malankara Church	Baselios Mar Cleemis
	West Syrian Church	Ignace Youssif III Younan
Armenian	Armenian Church	Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian
Chaldean or East Syriac	Chaldean Church	Louis Raphael I Sako
Chaldean or East Syriac	Syro Malabar Church	George Cardinal Alencherry
Constantinopolitan or Byzantine	Albanese Church	Hil Kabashi
	Byzantine Church of the Krizevci Eparchy	Nikola Kekic
	Belarussian Church	Alexander Nadson
	Bulgarian Church	Christo Proykov
	Greek Church	Nin Manuel
	Greek Melkite Church	Youssef Absi Gallaro
	Hungarian Church	Peter Fulop Kocsis
	Italo Albanese Church	Giorgio Demetrio
	Mecedonian Church	Kiro Stojanov
	Romanian Church	Lucian Muresan
	Russian Church	Kirill of Moscow
	Ruthenian Church	William C Skurla
	Slovak Church	Jan Babjak
	Ukrainian Church	Sviatoslav Shevchuk

HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS (Jorge Mario Bergoglio)
Date of Birth	December 17, 1936
Place of Birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ordained Priest	December 13, 1969
Episcopal Ordination	June 27, 1992
Elected Cardinal	February 21, 2001
Elected Pope	March 13, 2013
Began Papal Ministry	March 19, 2013

HIS HOLINESS POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
Date of Birth	April 16, 1927
Place of Birth	Marktl am Inn, Germany
Ordained Priest	June 29, 1951
Episcopal Ordination	May 28, 1977
Elected Cardinal	June 27, 1977
Elected Pope	April 19, 2005
Pope Emeritus	February 28, 2013

No.	Dicastery / Congregation	Secretary / Prefect	Address
1	Secretariat of State	Secretary: His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin	Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, 00120 Vatican City
2	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer	Piazza del S. Ufficio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italia
3	Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri	Palazzo del Bramante, Via della Conciliazione, 34, 00193 Roma
4	Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments	Prefect: His Grace Archbishop Arthur Roche	Piazza Pio XII, 10, 00193 Roma, Italia
5	Congregation for the Causes of Saints	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro	Piazza Pio XII, 10, 00193 Roma, Italia
6	Congregation for the Bishops	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Marc Ouellet	Piazza Pio XII, 10, 00193 Roma, Italia
7	Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle	Piazza di Spagna, 48, 00187 Roma, Italia
8	Congregation for the Clergy	Prefect: His Grace Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik	Piazza Pio XII, 3, 00193 Roma, Italia
9	Congregation for the Apostolic Life	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz	Piazza Pio XII, 3, 00193 Roma, Italia
10	Congregation for Catholic Education	Prefect: His Eminence Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi	Piazza Pio XII, 3, 00193 Roma, Italia

Congregation for the Oriental Churches
Prefect	His Eminence Cardinal Leonardo Sandri
Secretary	Archbishop Giorgio Gallaro
Address	Palazzo del Bramante, Via della Conciliazione, 34, 00193 Roma, Italia
Telephone	+39 06 6988 4282

THE FEDERATION OF ASIAN BISHOPS' CONFERENCES (FABC)
President	His Eminence Charles Maung Cardinal Bo, SDB
Vice-President	His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
Secretary General	Most Rev. Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD
Address	4/F, Holy Cross Centre, 72 Yiu Hing Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong SAR
Telephone	+852 3904 1121
Website	www.fabc.org
Email	fabccentral@yahoo.com / fabcgs@gmail.com

APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE
Apostolic Nuncio	Most Reverend Leopoldo Girelli
Address	50-C Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Telephone	011 4249 2300 / 011 2688 9184 / 011 2410 3148
Email	na.india@diplomat.va
Website	www.apostolicnunciatureindia.com

CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDIA (CBCI)
President	His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Vice-President – I	Joshua Mar Ignathios
Vice-President – II	Mar George Njaralakatt
Secretary General	Most Rev. Felix Anthony Machado
Address	CBCI Centre, 1, Ashok Place, Near Gol Dak Khana, New Delhi – 110 001
Telephone	011 2334 4470 / +91 98711 47838
Email	secretarygeneral@cbci.in
Website	www.cbci.in

President	His Beatitude Cardinal Mar George Alencherry
Vice President	His Excellency Rt. Rev. Dr. Varghese Chakkalakal
Secretary General	His Excellency Dr. Joseph Mar Thomas
Deputy Secretary General	Rev. Fr. Jacob G. Palackappilly
Address	Secretariat, POC, PB No. 2251, Palarivattom, Kochi – 682 025, Kerala
Telephone	0484 280 5722 / 0484 280 5815
Email	deputysecretarykcbc@gmail.com
Website	www.kcbc.co.in

Major Archbishop	Cardinal Mar George Alencherry
Date of Birth	April 19, 1945 — Thuruthy, Kottayam, Kerala
Ordained Priest	December 18, 1972
Episcopal Ordination	February 02, 1997
Elected Major Archbishop	May 24, 2011
Nominated Cardinal	January 06, 2012
Address	Mount St. Thomas, PB No. 3110, Kakkanad P.O., Kochi – 682 030, Kerala
Telephone	0484 242 4768 / 0484 242 4780
Websites	www.syromalabarchurch.in

Curia Bishop	Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal
Chancellor	Rev. Fr. Vincent Cheruvathoor
Vice Chancellor	Rev. Fr. Abraham Kavilpurayidathil
Finance Officer	Rev. Fr. Joseph Tholanickal

Sl No	Diocese / Region	Name	Address
1	Adilabad	Mar Joseph Kunnath CMI	Anudavana, Quany Road, Mancherial P.O., Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh 504 208
2	Bijnor	Mar Gratian Mundadan CMI	St. John's Provincial House, Rajarampur, Najibabad, Bijnor, Uttarakhand 246 149
3	Bijnor	Mar John Vadakel CMI	St. Mary's Parish, C/o St. Mary's School, Khatauli P.O., Muzaffarnagar Dist., UP 251 201
4	Changanacherry	Mar Joseph Powathil	Archbishop House, PB No. 20, Changanacherry P.O., Kottayam 686 101
5	Ernakulam - Angamaly	Mar Thomas Chakiath	Niveditha, Chunangamvely, Aluva, Ernakulam 683 112
6	Gorakhpur	Mar Dominic Kokkatt CST	Bishop's House, Civil Lines, University P.O., Gorakhpur, UP 273 009
7	Kanjirapally	Mar Mathew Arackal	Sahydri Ayurveda Hospital, Pallikkunnu P.O., Peerumedu, Idukki 685 531
8	Kothamangalam	Mar George Punnakottil	NESTT, Ninnala College P.O., Muvattupuzha, Ernakulam 686 661
9	Palai	Mar Joseph Pallikaparambil	Bishop House, PB No. 18, Palai, Kottayam 686 575
10	Trichur	Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy	St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Madona Nagar, Thrissur 680 005