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With the workplace of bishops in 5 Catholic dioceses and one arch-diocese going vacant in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Dalit Christian our bodies have reiterated their demand for appointing Dalits to the posts to make sure their equitable representation in the Catholic hierarchy.
At a digital assembly on Wednesday with the president of the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council and Archbishop of Madurai Antony Pappusamy, the our bodies identified the shortage of representation of Dalits in the hierarchy, significantly amongst bishops. M. Mary John, president, Dalit Christian Liberation Movement, mentioned although Dalits constituted greater than 50% of the Catholic inhabitants in T.N. and Puducherry, just one of the 18 dioceses of the Latin Catholic ceremony in Chennai had a Dalit as bishop.
Arguing that the primary appointment of a Dalit as bishop occurred solely in 1993, to the Vellore diocese after appreciable stress from Dalit Christian actions, he mentioned three extra had been appointed and one was elevated as Archbishop in the following 12 years.
“However, even this marginal progress towards equitable representation has been reversed in the last 15 years as there has not been even a single Dalit among at least eight bishops and archbishops appointed during the period,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the scenario was related throughout the nation. “Though Dalits are a majority among the Catholic community throughout India, only 11 of the roughly 170 bishops are Dalits,” he mentioned. The organisations demanded that Dalits be appointed to all 5 vacancies in the State and Puducherry. Urging the president of TNBC to take essential motion, they appealed to him to take up the difficulty with the Apostolic Nunciature to India and the See of Rome.
“We are only asking for the implementation of what has been said in the Catholic church’s Dalits-related policies,” he added.
DCLM, National Council Of Dalit Christians, National Dalit Christian Watch, Viduthalai Tamil Puligal Katchi and the Christian People’s Forum had been amongst those that took half in the assembly.
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