OSWALD CARDINAL GRACIAS – ARCHBISHOP OF MUMBAI (CHAIRMAN)
His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias (born on 24th December, 1944) was ordained a Priest on 20th December, 1970 and went on to be consecrated Bishop on 16th September, 1997. On 14th October, 2006, he was appointed as Archbishop of Bombay by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2007, he was elevated to the College of Cardinals. On 20th February 2008, Cardinal Gracias was elected 1st Vice President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) of which he had earlier served as Secretary General. In 2010, he was elected as the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (having been the vice-president from 2008). Cardinal Gracias is also Secretary General of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference. On 13th April 2013, he was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the group of eight cardinals to advise him and to study a plan for revising the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia, ‘Pastor Bonus’.
FR. JOSEPH GONSALVES (MANAGING TRUSTEE & DIRECTOR)
Presently he is also the Executive Secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference (FABC) – Office of Human Development/Climate Change Desk (OHD/CCD). He is a former Head of the Archdiocesan Office for Environment and the Director of Prison Ministry Mumbai. He is also a member of the Justice and Peace Commission and Migrants Commission, Archdiocese of Bombay.
FR. NEIL DOS SANTOS (CO-TRUSTEE)
Fr. Neil dos Santos – Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Bombay is a Catholic Priest with an experience of 12 years in animation of community based organizations at the grassroots.