Bengaluru: Fr. Gilbert Aranha, Executive Secretary to the CCBI Commission for Ecumenism has been appointed as the Executive Secretary to the Office of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs (OEIA) of Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC).
A priest from the Diocese of Mysore, Fr. Gilbert, born on April 1, 1964, was ordained as a priest on May 27, 1988. He holds a Doctorate and Jurisprudence in Canon Law from Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome; a diploma in Canonical Administration from Pontifical Congregation for the Clergy, Rome, and a Licentiate in Ecumenism from Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome. He has Master Degrees in History and Political Science from University of Mysore.
