ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India)

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi (India) the Rev. Anand David Xalxo, until now Vicar General and Parish Priest of the Cathedral of the same Archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of Tinisa of Numidia.
Msgr. Anand David Xalxo was born on 20 November 1975 in Mandar, in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi. After attending the St. John Vianney Minor Seminary in Kolkata, St. Albert’s College, and St. Xavier College in Ranchi, he studied Theology at St. Albert’s College in Ranchi.
He was ordained a priest on 15 May 2006 for the same Metropolitan Archdiocese.
He has held the following roles and undertaken further studies: personal secretary to Cardinal Telesphore Toppo (2006–2009); postgraduate studies in Management in Hospital Administration at Muller’s Hospital, Mangalore (2009–2011); Associate Director of the CBCI Society for Medical Education, North India (2011–2015); President of the Council of Diocesan Priests of India of the then BIJHAN Region (2011–2015); member of the Board of Administration of the CBCI–Lieven’s Hospital Project, Mandar (2011–2020); Secretary to the Secretary General of CBCI, Delhi (2015–2017); Public Relations Officer (2017–2020); Administrator of the Archdiocesan Residence of Ranchi (2019–2020); Parish Priest and Assistant Vicar of St. Mary’s Cathedral, Ranchi (from 2020); Director of the Social Development Center of Ranchi (from 2021); Director of Seminarians in Ranchi (2022–2026); and Vicar General of Ranchi (from 2024). (EG) (Fides News Agency, 24/6/2026)

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