On Sunday 6 November at Paravoor (Kerala, India), during a solemn celebration of the Eucharist presided over by Monsignor Francis Kallarakkal, Archbishop of Verapoly, the Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., erected the new General Delegation of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and St. Albert of Jerusalem in India, comprising of 19 Indian Carmelites of the Latin Rite. Also present were the bishops of Kottapuram and Kannur (Bishop Joseph Karikkassery and Bishop Varghese Chakkalakal), Fr. Albertus Herwanta, O. Carm., General Counsellor for Asia, Australia and Oceania, Fr. Anthony Scerri, O. Carm., (the Prior General's special representative for this group), several members of the Province of St. Thomas, Discalced Carmelites, many local priests and religious as well as a large group from the Carmelite Institute "Nostra Signora del Carmelo" (INSC).
The 19 brothers had made their solemn profession as Carmelites to the Prior General on the previous day at Paravoor. Present also were the Special Delegate, the General Counsellor and the Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Thomas, Fr. Neendoor Sojan Mathew, O. Carm. The new delegation is the fifth delegation within the Order (along with those of France, Colombia, Czech Republic and Kenya).