Pope Francis on Feb. 2 appointed Msgr Thomas J Netto as the new head of the Trivandrum Latin rite Archdiocese.
The Pope has also accepted the resignation of Archbishop M Calist Soosa Pakiam, who headed the archdiocese since February 2, 1990.
These details were made public at noon time in Rome, says a press release from Father Stephen Alathara, deputy secretary general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India, the national body for Latin rite bishop in the country.
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