The province cha pter of Manantha-vady Norbertines has elected Father Jose Murickan as its ninth provincial.
The election on October 19 was presided over by Abbot General Jos Wouters. Abbot Marcus Champia from the Norbertine Abbey of Jamtara was the second official of the election.
Father Murickan, former director of the National Institute of Social Communications, Research and Train-ing (NISCORT), the premier media college of the Catholic Bishops’ Con-ference of India, will hold the post for the next six years.