Ref: CBCI-Gen/Cir-28/2018                                                                               10th December, 2018

TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE HIERARCHY

Sub: Appointment of Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Cuddapah.                                                           

Your Eminence, Your Beatitude, Your Excellency, Your Grace, Your Lordship,

In the light of the Communication received from the Apostolic Nunciature, I wish to inform you that His Holiness, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of His Lordship Rt. Rev. Prasad Gallela as Bishop of Cuddapah, and has appointed His Lordship Rt. Rev. Gali Bali, Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the Diocese of Cuddapah.

The announcement took place in Rome on Monday, 10th December, 2018, at noon, corresponding to 4:30 p.m. Indian time.

Let us entrust to the intercession of the Virgin Mary the Episcopal ministry of the Apostolic Administrator.

We thank Bishop Prasad Gallela for his dedicated services to the Church in Cuddapah and the Church in India, and we entrust him to the intercession of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles.

Assuring you of my prayers,

                                                                                                       Yours Sincerely in Our Lord,

Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, SFX

                                                                                                             Secretary General, CBCI