Lubbock, Texas (USA). “The boy who would become the second Bishop of Lubbock spent his earliest years in Celaya, a city of some 130,000 (40,000 at that time) inhabitants located 125 miles northwest of Mexico City and surrounded by croplands on the high plains of Guanajuato.”
Thus begins the TV program on the biography of Bishop Placido, Rodriguez, CMF, broadcast on News Channel KCBD-11 in Lubbock, Texas.
The author of the biography is Deacon Leroy Behnke, Director of Communications of the Diocese of Lubbock.
Belthangady, India: Fr. James Patteril, a member of the Claretian Congregation, was ordained as the new Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Belthangady at a solemn episcopal consecration and installation ceremony held at St. Lawrence Cathedral, Belthangady on 5...
Vatican City. Fr. James Patteril, CMF, was named Second Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Belthangady, India, today, August 28, 2025. He is the son of Mr. Abraham Patteril and Mrs. Rosamma Patteril, born in Mangalore, Karnataka, India, on July 27, 1963....
Gathered for the first time in history at the General Curia in Rome, Claretian bishops from around the world shared a profound experience of fraternity, reflection, and missionary communion. Their final message echoes the richness of their shared charism, their...
