Pope Francis on May 31 appointed Father Joseph Thykkattil of the Arch-diocese of Agra as the bishop of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
Father Thykattil is currently the parish priest of St Peter’s Church in Rajasthan State’s Bharatpur.
This was announced at noon in Rome, corresponding to 3:30 pm in India, according to a press release from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India headquarters in New Delhi.
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