The Society of Paul superior general Father Domenico Solliman has appointed Father Jose Pottayil as the director of the Madrid-based International Catholic Biblical So-ciety that was set up a hundred years ago by Venerable James Alberione, the congregation’s founder. Father Pottayil is the first Asian and Indian to head the society known as SOBICAIN (Società Biblica Cattolica Inter-nazionale). Father Pottayil, a member of the congregation’s India-Great Britain-Ireland province, has served as its general councilor, vicar general, India provincial, director of apostolate and animator of various communities and groups.