Goa archdiocesan priest Fr. Agnelo Jacinto Pinheiro was ordained as the second bishop of the Diocese of Sindhudurg on April 16, 2026, marking the beginning of his episcopal ministry in western India.
In a moment of grace for the Church in western India, Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr. Agnelo Pinheiro of the Archdiocese of Goa as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Sindhudurg.
