Jamshedpur set for 28th CBCI General Body Meeting

More than 160 Bishops from the country's Catholic dioceses are expected to attend the 28th General Body meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), today.

The conference themed, "Empowerment of Women in the Church and Society," will be organised at the Xavier Labour Relations Institute.

The General Body meetings by the CBCI are held once in two years in the various dioceses in India.

The theme for the upcoming meeting is “chosen for its great relevance in. the modern world which is still grappling with the problem of gender inequality,” said the Secretary General of CBCI, Archbishop Stanislaus Fernandes.

Together with about 50 women delegations from across the country, the Bishops will discuss and retrospect various aspects of the theme such as the forces behind the gender inequality and the role of the Church in facilitating the empowerment of women.

The CBCI has 218 member Bishops from the Latin, Syro–Malabar and the Syro–Malankara ecclesial traditions in the country, among whom 160 are heads of the dioceses. There are 30 Archbishops among whom 3 are Cardinals. There are 123 Bishops, 2 Apostolic Administrators and 5 Diocesan Administrators.