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| Abbreviation | CCBI |
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| Formation | 22 April 1988 |
| Type | Episcopal conference |
| Legal status | Civil nonprofit |
| Purpose | To support the ministry of bishops |
| Headquarters | Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, CCBI Centre, Post Box No: 8490, Hutchins Road 2nd Cross, Bangalore – 560 084, Karnataka, India |
Region served | India |
Membership | Active and retired Latin Church Catholic bishops of India |
President | Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao |
Vice President | Archbishop George Antonysamy |
Secretary – General | Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto |
Deputy Secretary-General | Rev. Dr. Stephen Alathara |
| Affiliations | Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences |
| Website | ccbi |
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) is the national episcopal conference of the bishops of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in India, functioning in accordance with canon 447. There are 132 Latin Catholic dioceses in the country, and 190 active and retired bishops are the members of the CCBI. This is the largest bishops' conference in Asia and the fourth-largest in the world. The CCBI is a member of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India enables the Latin Catholic bishops of the country to exchange ideas and information, deliberate on the Church's broad concerns and take care of the pastoral needs of the faithful. The conference is to assist the bishops both in pastoral care and in evangelization, the twin duties of a bishop. One of the main purposes of the CCBI according to its statutes is "to promote that greater good which the Church offers humankind especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are adequately adapted to the circumstances of time and place."[1]
- ^ Statutes, art. 3:1