
15/08/2025
Bishop Francis Serrao Appointed as Bishop of Mysore
New Delhi, August 15, 2025 (CCBI): His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Francis Serrao, S.J. (66), as the new Bishop of Mysore. The appointment, announced on August 15, 2025, comes while Bishop Serrao is serving as the Bishop of Shimoga in Karnataka and as Chairman of the CCBI Commission for Ecumenism.
Bishop Serrao, a Jesuit, was appointed Bishop of Shimoga on March 19, 2014, and was ordained on May 7 of the same year. Born on August 15, 1959, in Moodbidri in the Diocese of Mangalore, he entered the Society of Jesus on January 3, 1979, at Mount St. Joseph, Bangalore. His philosophical and theological studies took place at Jesuit institutions—Satya Nilayam in Chennai and Jnana Deepa Vidya Peetha in Pune—followed by a Licentiate in Theology from Vidya Jyoti College, Delhi.
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