Rev. Jose Pottayil

Father Jose Pottayil is the director of the Madrid-based International Catholic Biblical Society. He is the first Asian and Indian to head the society known as SOBICAIN (Società Biblica Cattolica Internazionale). SOBICAIN has its headquarters in Rome and the operating office is in Madrid, Spain. As the name suggests, it’s an international society for the production, promotion, study, and distribution of the Sacred Scripture, especially the Gospels, around the world.
Pottayil was born at Kathalikkad, Kothamangalam diocese, Kerala, on the 7th of March, 1952. He joined the Society of St Paul at Allahabad in 1968. A member of the Society of Paul congregation’s India-Great Britain-Ireland province, he has served as its general councilor, vicar general, India provincial, director of apostolate, and animator of various communities and groups. (Collected from the public domain)